「動物農場」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
Animal Farm
ジョージ・オーウェルが「動物農場」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。
windmill/ˈwɪndˌmɪɫ/風車本文に71回
But of all their controversies, none was so bitter as the one that took place over the windmill.
sheep/ˈʃip/羊本文に36回
The hens perched themselves on the window-sills, the pigeons fluttered up to the rafters, the sheep and cows lay down behind the pigs and began to chew the cud.
farmhouse/ˈfɑɹmˌhaʊs/農場内の家屋本文に34回
Then they filed back to the farm buildings and halted in silence outside the door of the farmhouse.
hoof/ˈhuf/ひづめ本文に26回
… came in together, walking very slowly and setting down their vast hairy hoofs with great care lest there should be some small animal concealed in the straw.
barn/ˈbɑɹn/納家, 物置本文に25回
It had been agreed that they should all meet in the big barn as soon as Mr. Jones was safely out of the way.
hen/ˈhɛn/めんどり本文に22回
And you hens, how many eggs have you laid in this last year, and how many of those eggs ever hatched into chickens?
labour/ˈɫeɪbɝ/労働本文に19回
Because nearly the whole of the produce of our labour is stolen from us by human beings.
stall/ˈstɔɫ/馬小屋の一仕切り本文に18回
I have had a long life, I have had much time for thought as I lay alone in my stall, and I think I may say that I understand the nature of life on this earth as well as any animal now living.
harvest/ˈhɑɹvəst/収穫, 取り入れ本文に15回
Today we begin the hay harvest.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/食料, 糧食本文に14回
In return for your four confinements and all your labour in the fields, what have you ever had except your bare rations and a stall?
pigeon/ˈpɪdʒən/ハト本文に14回
Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the Rebellion …
comrade/ˈkɑmˌɹæd/仲間, 僚友, 同志本文に13回
… of course) and tramp steadily round and round the field with a pig walking behind and calling out "Gee up, comrade!"
utter/ˈətɝ/を発する, 口に出す本文に13回
… he would move rapidly to and fro, drawing in line after line and uttering little whimpers of excitement.
straw/ˈstɹɔ/麦わら, わら本文に13回
At one end of the big barn, on a sort of raised platform, Major was already ensconced on his bed of straw, under a lantern which hung from a beam.
orchard/ˈɔɹtʃɝd/果樹園本文に11回
… he was devoted to Boxer; the two of them usually spent their Sundays together in the small paddock beyond the orchard, grazing side by side and never speaking.
pasture/ˈpæstʃɝ/牧場本文に11回
But they woke at dawn as usual, and suddenly remembering the glorious thing that had happened, they all raced out into the pasture together.
shed/ˈʃɛd/小屋本文に11回
One of the cows broke in the door of the store-shed with her horn and all the animals began to help themselves from the bins.
rumour/ˈɹumɝ/うわさ, うわさ話, 流言本文に10回
But there were also rumours of something more serious.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/材木本文に10回
It happened that there was in the yard a pile of timber which had been stacked there ten years earlier when a beech spinney was cleared.
cart/ˈkɑɹt/二輪車, 荷馬車, 荷車本文に10回
The two cart-horses, Boxer and Clover …
trotter/ˈtɹɑtɝ/豚の足本文に9回
Major raised his trotter for silence.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/名誉, 栄光, 名声本文に9回
Let us make it a point of honour to get in the harvest more quickly than Jones and his men could do."
rebellion/ɹɪˈbɛɫjən/反乱, 反抗本文に9回
Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it.
ribbon/ˈɹɪbən/リボン本文に9回
She took a place near the front and began flirting her white mane, hoping to draw attention to the red ribbons it was plaited with.
spite/ˈspaɪt/悪意, 意地悪本文に9回
… but he was still a majestic-looking pig, with a wise and benevolent appearance in spite of the fact that his tushes had never been cut.
bleatingメエメエ鳴く本文に8回
… the sheep developed a great liking for this maxim, and often as they lay in the field they would all start bleating "Four legs good, two legs bad!
pellet/ˈpɛɫət/小弾丸本文に8回
The pellets buried themselves in the wall of the barn and the meeting broke up hurriedly.
expulsion/ɪkˈspəɫʃən/排除本文に8回
In spite of the shock that Snowball's expulsion had given them, the animals were dismayed by this announcement.
quarry/ˈkwɔɹi/石切り場本文に8回
There was a good quarry of limestone on the farm, and plenty of sand and cement had been found in one of the outhouses …
inch/ˈɪntʃ/わずかな距離, 少量, 少額本文に8回
As for the horses, they knew every inch of the field, and in fact understood the business of mowing and raking far better than Jones and his men had ever done.
clever/ˈkɫɛvɝ/利口な, 頭のよい, 才気のある本文に8回
Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers.
cockerel若いおんどり本文に7回
He had made an arrangement with one of the cockerels to call him in the mornings half an hour earlier than anyone else, and would put in some volunteer labour at whatever seemed to be most needed …
gallop/ˈɡæɫəp/全力疾走する本文に7回
Their first act was to gallop in a body right round the boundaries of the farm, as though to make quite sure that no human being was hiding anywhere upon it …
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/馬具, 引き具本文に7回
The harness-room at the end of the stables was broken open; the bits …
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/うなること, うなり声本文に7回
But suddenly the dogs sitting round Napoleon let out deep, menacing growls, and the pigs fell silent and sat down again.
hedge/ˈhɛdʒ/生け垣本文に7回
… the geese, who had been hiding behind the hedge, rushed out and pecked viciously at the calves of their legs.
frighten/ˈfɹaɪtən/…をひどく驚かせる, おびえさせる本文に7回
… and this sudden uprising of creatures whom they were used to thrashing and maltreating just as they chose, frightened them almost out of their wits.
whip/ˈhwɪp/むち本文に7回
The next moment he and his four men were in the store-shed with whips in their hands, lashing out in all directions.
knoll/ˈnoʊɫ/小さい丘本文に6回
A little way down the pasture there was a knoll that commanded a view of most of the farm.
maxim/ˈmæksəm/格言, 金言, 処世訓本文に6回
After much thought Snowball declared that the Seven Commandments could in effect be reduced to a single maxim, namely: "Four legs good, two legs bad."
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