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saps

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noun

樹液

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

Examples :

"In springtime, maple trees yield their saps, which are collected and boiled down to make syrup. "

春には、カエデの木は樹液を出し、それを集めて煮詰めてシロップを作ります。

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noun

辺材

The sapwood, or alburnum, of a tree.

Examples :

"The carpenter used the saps of the felled tree to make a sturdy fence post. "

大工は、頑丈なフェンスの支柱を作るために、伐採された木の辺材を使用しました。

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noun

樹液, 汁

Examples :

"The maple tree saps are collected to make syrup. "

メープルの木の樹液はシロップを作るために集められます。

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noun

活力、生命力

Examples :

"Even after a long day of work, her exercise routine restores her saps. "

長い一日の仕事の後でも、彼女の運動ルーティンは彼女の活力を回復させます。

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noun

お人好し, 愚か者

A naive person; a simpleton

Examples :

"He's such a generous person, but some saps take advantage of his kindness and ask him for money they never intend to pay back. "

彼はとても寛大な人だが、一部のお人好しは彼の優しさに付け込んで、決して返済するつもりもないお金を彼にせびる。

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verb

樹液を吸い上げる, 弱らせる

To drain, suck or absorb from (tree, etc.).

Examples :

"The ivy slowly saps the moisture from the brick wall, weakening it over time. "

ツタはレンガの壁からゆっくりと水分を吸い上げ、時間の経過とともに弱らせます。

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verb

弱らせる, 活力を奪う

To exhaust the vitality of.

Examples :

"The long hours of studying for the exam saps my energy. "

試験勉強の長い時間は私の活力を奪います。

energy physiology

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noun

棍棒、警棒

A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.

Examples :

"The security guard carried a saps discreetly in his pocket for self-defense. "

警備員は自己防衛のため、棍棒をこっそりとポケットに入れていた。

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verb

サップで打つ

To strike with a sap (with a blackjack).

Examples :

"The mugger saps his victim from behind before stealing his wallet. "

強盗は財布を盗む前に、後ろから被害者をサップで殴る。

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noun

塹壕

A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by digging under cover of gabions, etc.

Examples :

"During the siege, the engineers dug a series of saps closer and closer to the enemy's fortress walls, providing covered access for the attacking soldiers. "

包囲戦の間、技術者たちは敵の要塞の壁にますます近づく塹壕を掘り、攻撃する兵士たちに隠れた通路を提供した。

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verb

弱体化させる, 掘り崩す

To subvert by digging or wearing away; to mine; to undermine; to destroy the foundation of.

Examples :

"The constant criticism from his boss slowly saps his confidence at work. "

上司からの絶え間ない批判は、彼の仕事への自信を徐々に弱体化させている。

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verb

坑道を掘る

To pierce with saps.

Examples :

"The construction crew saps the rock face with drills before setting the explosives. "

建設作業員は爆発物を設置する前に、ドリルで岩盤に坑道を掘る。

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verb

弱める, 衰弱させる

To make unstable or infirm; to unsettle; to weaken.

Examples :

"The constant criticism from his boss saps his motivation at work. "

上司からの絶え間ない批判は、彼の仕事へのモチベーションを弱めます。

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verb

弱める, 衰弱させる

To gradually weaken.

Examples :

"he saps my energy"

彼は私のエネルギーを弱めます。

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verb

弱める, 掘り進む

To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to execute saps.

Examples :

"The workers were secretly sapping the foundation of the old house to prepare for the new addition. "

作業員は、新しい増築の準備をするために、古い家の基礎を密かに弱めていた。

military war action