「不思議の国のアリス」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Alice’s adventures in Wonderland
ルイス・キャロルが「不思議の国のアリス」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない40語です。先に覚えておくと、最初の章がずっと読みやすくなります。各単語に発音記号、意味、本文の例文をつけました。
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[ずっと]本文に21回
Tell me that first, and then, if I like being that person, I’ll come up: if not, I’ll stay down here till I’m somebody else’ — but, oh dear!”
hastily/ˈheɪstəɫi/急いで本文に16回
After a time she heard a little pattering of feet in the distance, and she hastily dried her eyes to see what was coming.
anxiously/ˈæŋkʃəsɫi/心配して, 不安気に本文に14回
She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, “Which way?
puzzle/ˈpəzəɫ/悩ませる物, 難問, 難物本文に14回
Ah, THAT’S the great puzzle!”
queer/ˈkwɪɹ/風変りな, 変な本文に13回
How queer everything is to-day!
timid/ˈtɪmɪd/おくびょうな, びくびくした本文に12回
… in a low, timid voice, “If you please …
offend/əˈfɛnd/の感情を傷つける, を恐らせる本文に11回
cried Alice again, for this time the Mouse was bristling all over, and she felt certain it must be really offended.
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/歯を見せて[にやりと]笑う本文に11回
“How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!”
croquet/kɹoʊˈkeɪ/クローケーで木球を打って数本の鉄製の門柱を通過させて競う戸外の遊び本文に10回
… and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
hedgehog/ˈhɛdʒˌhɑɡ/ハリネズミ本文に10回
… it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes …
twinkle/ˈtwɪŋkəɫ/=twinkling本文に10回
For instance, suppose it were nine o’clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you’d only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling!
sneeze/ˈsniz/くしゃみをする本文に9回
And certainly there was a most extraordinary noise going on within — a constant howling and sneezing, and every now and then a great crash …
serpent/ˈsɝpənt/ヘビ本文に9回
… and was delighted to find that her neck would bend about easily in any direction, like a serpent.
angrily/ˈæŋɡɹəɫi/おこって, 腹を立てて本文に9回
cried the Mouse, sharply and very angrily.
tremble/ˈtɹɛmbəɫ/震える本文に9回
cried the Mouse, who was trembling down to the end of his tail.
eagerly/ˈiɡɝɫi/しきりに本文に8回
The Mouse did not answer, so Alice went on eagerly: “There is such a nice little dog near our house I should like to show you!
sob/ˈsɑb/すすり泣く, むせび泣く本文に8回
“But perhaps it was only sobbing,” she thought, and looked into its eyes again, to see if there were any tears.
lobster/ˈɫɑbstɝ/ウミザリガニ本文に8回
“—you advance twice—” “Each with a lobster as a partner!”
gardener/ˈɡɑɹdənɝ/植木屋, 庭師, 園丁本文に8回
A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden: the roses growing on it were white, but there were three gardeners at it, busily painting them red.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に8回
said Alice, a good deal frightened at the sudden change, but very glad to find herself still in existence; “and now for the garden!”
fancy/ˈfænsi/想像してごらん本文に8回
(and she tried to curtsey as she spoke-fancy curtseying as you’re falling through the air!
mushroom/ˈməʃɹum/キノコ, 食用キノコ本文に8回
There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself …
flamingo/fɫəˈmɪŋɡoʊ/ベニヅル, フラミンゴ本文に7回
… the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet …
slat/ˈsɫæt/細長い薄板本文に7回
The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on slates.
tart/ˈtɑɹt/タート, タルト本文に7回
… in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard …
shriek/ˈʃɹik/甲高い叫び声, 悲鳴本文に7回
She did not get hold of anything, but she heard a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass …
chimney/ˈtʃɪmni/煙突本文に7回
… she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself “Now I can do no more …
pardon/ˈpɑɹdən/許すこと, 容赦すること本文に7回
“Oh, I beg your pardon!”
puppy/ˈpəpi/子犬本文に7回
An enormous puppy was looking down at her with large round eyes, and feebly stretching out one paw, trying to touch her.
temper/ˈtɛmpɝ/立腹, かんしゃく本文に7回
Let this be a lesson to you never to lose YOUR temper!”
dreadfully/ˈdɹɛdfəɫi/非常に, とても本文に6回
“If it had grown up,” she said to herself, “it would have made a dreadfully ugly child: but it makes rather a handsome pig, I think.”
executioner/ˌɛksəkˈjuʃənɝ/死刑執行人本文に6回
“I’ll fetch the executioner myself,” said the King eagerly, and he hurried off.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/憂うつな, ふさぎ込んだ本文に6回
“As wet as ever,” said Alice in a melancholy tone: “it doesn’t seem to dry me at all.”
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/うなる, ウーッという本文に6回
The Mouse only growled in reply.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/インチ尺度の単位で1/12foot, 2.54cm本文に6回
… she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock …
politely/pəˈɫaɪtɫi/丁寧に本文に6回
said the Mouse, frowning, but very politely: “Did you speak?”
procession/pɹəˈsɛʃən/行列本文に6回
Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.
fetch/ˈfɛtʃ/を取って来る本文に6回
And it’ll fetch things when you throw them, and it’ll sit up and beg for its dinner …
exclaim/ɪkˈskɫeɪm/…を叫ぶ, 大声で言う本文に6回
exclaimed Alice.
nonsense/ˈnɑnsɛns/無意味な言葉, たわごと本文に6回
Oh dear, what nonsense I’m talking!”
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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