プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
おりる【下りる】
&fRoman1;〔上から下に移る〕come down
山を下りる
come [climb] down a mountain／「go down [descend] a hill
階段を下りる
come [go/climb] down the stairs
地下室に下りる
go down to the basement
ここからちょっと下りたところ
a little way below here
幕が下りた
The curtain dropped [fell].
飛行機が高度１万フィートまで下りた
The airplane descended to an altitude of 10,000 feet.
店はよろい戸が下りていた
The shutters of the store had been pulled down.
&fRoman2;
❶〔許可などが出る〕
やっとビザが下りた
My visa has been issued at last.
警察の許可がなかなか下りなかった
We had difficulty getting [obtaining] police permission.
65歳で年金が下りる
I will be entitled to a pension at sixty-five.
65歳で年金が下りた
I started collecting a [my] pension at sixty-five.
❷〔錠がしまる〕
戸は錠が下りている
The door is locked.
❸〔気持が楽になる〕
彼が誤りを認めたので胸のつかえが下りた
Since he admitted it was his mistake, my heart has felt much lighter.