プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
つっぱる【突っ張る】
&fRoman1;
❶〔押し当てて支える〕
蝶番(ちょうつがい)の取れた扉を棒で突っ張っておいた
We 「propped up [supported] with a stick the door which had come off its hinges.
❷〔相撲で〕
両力士は激しく突っ張り合った
The two wrestlers exchanged violent arm thrusts.
❸〔筋肉が強く張る〕
足の筋肉が突っ張っている
My leg muscles are stiff.／I have cramps in my leg muscles.
&fRoman2;
❶〔意地や主張を押し通す〕
突っ張るのもいい加減にしないとね
You shouldn't insist on having your way so obstinately [stubbornly].
❷〔抵抗する，虚勢を張る〕
中学生の時は学校に対して突っ張ったものだ
When I was a junior high school student, I was always trying to defy the school authorities.
あの子たちは突っ張っているだけですよ
Those boys are only trying to look defiant.
❸〔非行掛かる〕
突っ張った学生は服装で分かる
You can tell by their clothes which students are on the brink of delinquency.