well up 復習
ニューヨークで行われた米空軍の男性の結婚式で、４歳の息子が、男性の再婚相手である女性の感動的なスピーチに感情を抑えきれず抱きついて泣いている姿が話題となりました。
4-year-old boy can't contain emotion during stepmom's heartfelt wedding vows
Two U.S. service members tied the knot over the weekend, but it was the groom's 4-year-old son who stole the show.
Emily Leehan, a senior airman in the Air Force, stood at the altar at Quincy Cellars in New York on Saturday to marry Marine Sgt. Joshua Newville and recited separate vows to his son Gage.
As she shared her meaningful words, her soon-to-be stepson became overwhelmed with emotion, welled up with tears and embraced her.
"When she started reciting the vows, that's when the emotion took over and he lost it," Newville told ABC News. "The whole day was pretty emotional, so I was just trying to keep myself together and keep him together."
Gage stood with his father as Emily finished with the words, "I may not have given you the gift of life, but life surely gave me the gift of you."
The two shared a hug and a kiss.
http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/year-boy-emotion-stepmoms-heartfelt-wedding-vows/story?id=48812320
記事の中で気になった表現は"well up"です。"up"とあるので、気持ちが高揚している様子を表していると予測しました。『ジーニアス英和辞典』で調べてみると、まず、"well"だけで「井戸、（水、涙などが）湧き出る」という意味がありました。例として、"Tears welled up in the girl's eyes."「その女の子の目から涙があふれた」と挙げられていました。LDOCEでは"if a liquid wells or wells up, it comes to the surface of something and starts to flow out"や"if a feeling wells or wells up in you, you start to feel it strongly"と定義されています。
男の子の可愛らしく感動的な姿に、多くの人が注目しています。(Akim)
