► 動詞
泥 [(2)どろ] [泥を被る] meaning: scapegoat rank: 4
☆ 彼は王の代わりに泥を被った ⇨ He volunteered to be a scapegoat for the king
► 成句
泥 [(2)どろ] [泥を塗る] meaning: damage rank: 2
☆ 彼は家の名に泥を塗った ⇨ He smeared mud on, tarnished, the family name
► 名詞
泥 [(2)どろ] meaning: mud rank: 2
☆ 彼は泥まみれだった ⇨ He was covered in mud
More examples:
- 子供が泥んこになって帰ってきた ⇨ My kid came home covered in mud
- 彼は借金の泥沼にはまった ⇨ He got caught in a bog, quagmire, of debt
- 家に泥棒が入った ⇨ A thief entered, broke in, my house
- 彼がその点にいつまでも拘泥するので議論が進まない ⇨ He dwells on that point and the discussion cannot progress
- 彼は車に水をかけて泥を落とした ⇨ He hosed down the car and washed off the mud
- 二匹目の泥鰌を狙った製品 ⇨ A copycat product that tries to catch the second fish, emulate the success of someone else
- 彼等は泥沼に足を踏み入れてしまった ⇨ They have had their feet stepped into a quagmire
- 彼は泥酔して立てない状態だった ⇨ He was severely intoxicated he couldn’t stand up
- 政党間の泥仕合 ⇨ Mudslinging between political parties
- 子供達が泥まみれになって帰ってきた ⇨ The kids came home covered in mud
- 日が暮れ泥む街 ⇨ A town slowly getting dark during sunset
- 子供達が泥の中で嬉々として遊んでいる ⇨ Kids are gleefully playing in the mud
- 泥棒は窓を破って家の中に侵入した ⇨ The thief broke a window and entered, invade, the house
- 彼は泥臭いブルースで有名だ ⇨ He is famous for his traditional, raw, unsophisticated, blues
- 泥棒は窓ガラスを割って侵入した ⇨ The robber entered by breaking the glass window