第23回Net 勉強会 2004,1

The Hit Man
単語&イディオム
P79/P80/P81/P82
P79
dress down If you dress someone down, you speak angrily to them because they havec done something bad or foolish.
((話))〈人を〉(…のことで)しかりつける(for);…をむち打つ.
brand(v)  When you brand an animal, you put a permanet mark on its skin in order to show who it belongs to, usually by a mark onto its skin.
If someone is branded as something bad, people think they are that thing.
〈罪人・家畜・物などに〉焼き印を押す;商標をつける〈人に〉(汚名を)着せる毆ith;…に(…の)烙印を押す…を(記憶に)焼きつける,(心に)刻みつける(in, on)
bell pepper(n) A bell pepper is a hollow green, red, or yellow vegetable with seeds.
アマトウガラシ,ピーマン,シシトウガラシ 
wiry(adj) Someone who is wiry is rather thin but is also strong.
〈人・体が〉やせ型で強靭(きょうじん)な 
pin down  If you try to pin something down, you try to discover exaxtly what, where, or when it is.
〈人を〉(行動・約束などに)縛りつける,束縛する …を(ある場所に)釘づけにする,身動きできなくさせる
waste(v) 〈人・敵を〉殺す,殲滅(せんめつ)する;
hearse(n) A hearse is a large car that carries the coffin at a funeral.
霊柩(れいきゅう)車,葬儀用自動車[馬車].
abominate(v)  …を忌み嫌う,憎む,憎悪する
mortician(n)  A mortician is a person whose job is to deal with the bodies of people who have died and to arrange funerals.
葬儀屋
filial(adj) You can use filial to describe the duties, feelings, or relationships which exist between a son or daughter and his or her parents.
子(として)の,子にふさわしい (親に対して)子の関係の 
deep-seated(adj)  A deep-seated problem, feeling, or belief is difficult to change because its causes have been there for a long time.
根強い,根深い,抜きがたい,確固たる,強固な 
patricide(n)  父親殺し(行為,犯人両方に用いる) 
sideburns(n)  If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek.
((主に米))(短い)ほおひげ:もみあげからほおに広がって生やした毛
twenty(n)  20ドル[ポンド]紙幣
P80
financier(n) A financier is a person, company, or government that provides money for projects or businesses.
財政家,理財家;財務官;金融業者,融資家,資本家 
scar(v)  If a surface is scarred, it is damaged and there are ugly marks on it.
傷跡になる
brief(v)  〈人に〉(…の)大要を伝える,手短に指図する,要領を授ける
planetary(adj)  Planetary means relating to or belonging to planets.
惑星の,遊星の;惑星[遊星]のような さまよう,流浪する(wandering), 浮動す 
disturbance(n)  A disturbance is an incident in which people behave violently in public.
不安,心配,(心の)動揺 
P81
luncheonette(n) A luncheonette is a small restaurant that serves light meals.
軽食堂,簡易食堂
wino(n)  Some people refer to alcoholics, especially homeless ones, as winos
(安ワインでいつも酔っている)飲んだくれ(の浮浪者); アル中患者 
solicit(v)  If you solicit money, help, support, or an opinion from someone, you ask them for it.
〈人に〉(…を)嘆願[請願]する,せがむ,泣きつく
playpen(n)  A playpen is a small structure which is designed for a bay or young child to play safely in. It has bars or a net round the sides and is open at the top.
ベビーサークル:幼児を安全に遊ばせるための,通例,折りたたみ式の囲い
mold(v)  If you mold a soft substance such as plastic or clay, you make it into a particular shape or into an object.
〈服などを〉〈体などに〉密着させる
derringer(n)  デリンジャー(式ピストル):銃身が短く口径が大きい初期の懐中用ピストル
blank(n)  Blanks are gun cartridges which contain explosive but do not contain a bullet, so that they cause no harm when the gun is fired.
空包(blank cartridge
rudiments(n)  When you learn the rudiments of something, you learn the simplest or most essential things about it.
基本,基礎,初歩
Tae Kwon Do  テコンドー,膜(たいけん)道:朝鮮の古武道;もとは護身術だったが,スポーツとして発展;日本の空手に似ている
rake(v) If you rake leaves or ashes, you move them somewhere using a rake or similar tool.
熊手で集める[寄せる]
amass(v)  If you amass something such as money or information, you gradually get a lot of it.
寄せ集める,積み上げる,収集する
P82
biceps(n) 二頭筋 (腕の)筋力,力こぶ
rage(v)  You say that something poweful or unpleasnat rages when it continues with great force or violence.
猛威を振るう
picket fence  A picket fence is a fence made of pointed wooden sticks fixed into the ground, with pieces of wood nailed across them.
杭(くい)垣:垂直に打ち込んだ柱と柱の間に横木を渡し,それにとがった杭を垂直に打ちつけた垣;paling, paling fence ともいう
slink(v)   If you slink somewhere, you move there quietly because you do not want to be seen.
こそこそ歩く,こっそり動く
portly(adj)  A portly person, especially a man, is rather fat.
年配の人が〉太った,でっぷりした,肥満した 
gild(v)  If you gild a surface, you cover it in a thin layer of gold or gold paint.
…に金[金箔(きんぱく)]を張る,金めっきする;…を金色に塗る
scythe(n)  A scythe is a tool with a long curved blade at right angles to a long handle. It is used to cut long grass or grain.
(長柄の)草刈り鎌(がま), 大鎌
ripple(v) When the surface of an area of wather ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it.
〈水面が〉(風などで)小さな波紋が生じる,さざ波が立つ
gentian(n) A gentian is a small plant with a blue or purple flower shaped like a bell which grows in moutain regions.
リンドウ
attire(n) You attire is the clothes you are wearing.
(特に豪華な)衣装
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