clog 復習

日頃から適度な運動をすることは健康に良いですが、運動をするタイミングを間違うと心臓発作に繋がるようです。

Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack

If you’re angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties heavy exertion while stressed or mad to a tripled risk of having a heart attack within an hour.

Regular exercise is a healthy antidote to stress and can help prevent heart disease — the biggest problem is that too many people get too little of it. But the new research suggests there may be better or worse times to exercise, and that extremes can trigger harm.

“This study is further evidence of the connection between mind and body. When you’re angry, that’s not the time to go out and chop a stack of wood,” said Barry Jacobs, a psychologist at the Crozer-Keystone Health System in suburban Philadelphia and an American Heart Association volunteer.

中略

The study’s findings also are biologically plausible. Emotional stress and exertion can raise blood pressure and heart rate, change the flow of blood in the vessels and reduce the heart’s blood supply, said the study leader, Andrew Smyth of McMaster University. In an artery already clogged with plaque, a trigger could block blood flow and lead to a heart attack.

以下省略

http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003277118

今回取り上げるのはclogです。『ライトハウス英和辞典』（第5版　研究社）で調べますと、他動詞で「（動きを）妨害する（up）、（管など）を詰まらせる、ふさぐ」という意味が載っておりました。例文には “The pipe is clogged (up) with grease again.” 「またパイプが油で詰まっている。」とあるように、withが共起して用いられるようです。記事内のcloggedはclogの形容詞形になります。Cambridge Free English Dictionaryには “to become blocked or filled so that movement or activity is slowed or stopped, or to cause this to happen” と定義されており、動きや活動がゆっくりになる、もしくは止まるというイメージを表します。

この表現は過去にも取り上げられておりました。（aqua）
clogged#3 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
unclog - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
clever-clogs - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から