Word · 単語
挟む
Reading はさむ
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks)
- 1 to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides)
- 2 to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose
- 3 to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch
- 4 to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke)
- 5 to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.)
- 6 to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)
- 7 to pincer — usu. ハサむ
N2
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例文 · examples
ドアに指をはさみました。
I caught my finger in the door.
sense 3 · to catch (e.g. a finger in a door)
彼らはテーブルをはさんで向かい合った。
They confronted each other across the table.
sense 5 · to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.)
彼は耳に鉛筆を挟んだ。
He stuck his pencil behind his ear.
sense 2 · to put between
彼の態度には疑いをはさむ余地がない。
His behavior is above suspicion.
sense 6 · to harbour (feelings)
ドアに指をはさまれた。
I had my fingers caught in the door.