► 名詞
先頭 [せんとう] meaning: lead rank: 2
☆ 彼は今レースの先頭を走っている ⇨ He is now running at the top of the race, leading the race
先頭 [せんとう] [先頭を切る] meaning: lead rank: 2
☆ 彼は先頭を切って走っている ⇨ He is running at the top position
☆ 彼等は先頭を切って新技術を導入した ⇨ They led the way in using the new technology
More examples:
- 先頭と二位の差は急に縮まった ⇨ The distance between the leader and the second has shrunk suddenly
- 彼は先頭を追い抜いた ⇨ He overtook the leader
- 先頭と二番の差は10秒だ ⇨ The gap between the leader and the second is 10 seconds
- 彼は先頭の走者を抜き去った ⇨ He overtook the leading runner (and left him in the dust)
- 彼は先頭の真後ろにつけている ⇨ He is running right behind the leader
- 彼女は先頭集団に追いついた ⇨ She caught up with the leading group
- 先頭打者が幸先良くホームランを打った ⇨ As a great early sign, the first batter hit a homerun
- 彼は先頭の真後ろに付けている ⇨ He is positioning himself right behind the leader
- 彼は先頭の選手にかなり離された ⇨ He fell behind the leader by some distance
- 先頭集団のペースが速まった ⇨ The pace of the leading group has gone up, become quicker
- 先頭集団は30キロ地点を通過した ⇨ The leading group passed the 30 km point
- 先頭集団は30キロ地点を通過した ⇨ The leader group has passed the 30 km mark
- 彼は遂に先頭を捕らえた ⇨ He has finally caught with the leader