英和和英

読み方 きれる

自動詞

1

（＝刀などが切れる）to cut; to be sharp; to be trenchant

用例

• この小刀はよく切れる
  This knife cuts well.

• この小刀ちっとも切れない
  The knife does not cut at all.
• この剃刀はよく切れる
  This razor shaves well.
• 切れる小刀
  a sharp knife
• 切れる刀
  a trenchant blade
• 手の切れそうな札
  a crisp bank-note

2

（＝縄などが切れる）to break; to part; to snap

用例

• この縄は切れる
  The rope will break.

• あまり引張ると縄が切れるぞ
  If you pull too hard, you will break the rope.
• 縄が切れた
  The rope is broken.
• 糸がプッツリ切れる
  A string snaps.
• 玉の緒が切れた
  The life-strings are broken.
• 頼みの綱が切れた
  My only hope is gone
  My last resort has failed.
• 電線が切れた
  The electric wire has parted―snapped.
• 雲が切れてきた
  The clouds are breaking.

3

（＝電話が切れる）to be disconnected; to be cut off

用例

• 電話が切れる
  The telephone is disconnected.

• 電話が切れた
  The telephone is cut off.
• 電話が話し中に切れた
  The telephone was cut off while we were talking.

4

（＝土手が切れる）to collapse; to give way

用例

• 土手が切れた
  The bank gave way
  The embankment collapsed.

• 大水で土手が切れた
  The flood burst the embankment.

5

（＝着物などが切れる）to wear; to wear out

用例

• 着物が切れた
  My clothes are worn out―the worse for wear.

• 切れた着物
  worn-out clothes
• ズボンの居敷が早く切れる
  The seat of the trousers is the first to wear.
• （靴下の）かかとが早く切れる
  The heels are the first to wear through.
• かかとが切れた
  The heels are worn through.
• 靴が切れたから新調しなけりゃならぬ
  My shoes are worn out, and I mast have a new pair made.
• この上衣はだいぶ切れている
  The cost has seen much service.

6

（＝縁が切れる）to break with （one）; to cut connections with （one）; to sever connections with （one）

用例

• 女が男と切れたがっている
  She wishes to break with him.

• 女の方から切れてくれと頼んだ
  She entreated him to cut connections with her.
• 男の方では切れたくないのだ
  He does not like to break with her
  He still loves her.
• 切れてしまえば赤の他人だ
  We are nothing to each other.
• 二人は切っても切れない仲だ
  They are bound up in each other―inseparable.
• 切っても切れない悪縁
  It is a fatal connections―a fatal attachment.

7

（＝尽きる）to be exhausted; to run out:（商品なら）to get out stock:（流れなら）to fail; to be out:（期限なら）to terminate; to expire; to run out; to be up

用例

• 干ばつで水が切れた
  The water-supply failed owing to the drought.

• 四時水の切れない流れ
  a never-failing stream
• 油が切れた
  The oil is out.
• あいにくその品が切れております
  The article is out of stock
  We are out of the article
  We have run out of the article.
• もう三日で期限が切れる
  The terms will expire―run out―be up―in three days.
• 申込みの期日はいつ切れますか
  When does the time for application expire?
• 早く申込まないと日が切れる
  If you do not apply in haste,the time will run out.
• 申込の期日がもう切れました
  The time for application is up.
• 昨日切れました
  It expired yesterday.
• 息が切れる
  to get out of breath
• 息が切れた
  I am out of breath.
• 息が切れて困る
  I am short of breath―short-winded.
• 息が切れて坂が上れない
  I am so short of breath that I can not ascend a slope.

8

• それでは元値が切れます
  That would be below the cost-price.

9

（＝幅が利く）to have influence

10

（＝気前が好い）to be free with one's possessions; to be generous with one's possessions

形容詞相当語句

1

（＝敏腕な） able （man）

• あの男はなかなか切れる
  He is quite an able man.

2

（＝果断ある）decisive （man）

• よく切れる男だ
  He is a decisive character.