2015年9月9日水曜日

pummel


pummel は続けざまに殴ること。注意点は過去形、分詞のときに pummeled, pummeling (アメリカ英語)となったり、pummelled, pummelling (イギリス英語)となったりすること。 0:19 the area was pummelled by hailstones the size of ping pong balls. この海域はピンポンの玉大の雹(ひょう)に降られた。

Italian coast pummelled by hailstones the size of ping pong balls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edS0wywjafU  0:57 up North, lake-effect snow is now pummeling Michigan and New York State through Thursday. 注;through = till
49 of 50 states experience below freezing temperatures
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Mu1Zzg34c  0:54 as the river and beach were pummelled from the skies, children cried and screamed in horror, cowering under trees.  
Dramatic storm: Freak Russian hailstorm sends beachgoers screaming on hot summer day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uottRzyybs  0:02 Typhoon Neoguri has been pummelling the Southern Japanese islands of Okinawa.
Typhoon Neoguri batters Japanese islands of Okinawa

参考リンク
http://bridge-english.blogspot.jp/2014/02/blog-post_8962.html  みぞれ、あられ、ひょうを英語でなんと言うか?

練習問題解答
b-1802 pummeled with