「荒野の呼び声」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The call of the wild
ジャック・ロンドンが「荒野の呼び声」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。
sled/ˈsɫɛd/小型そり本文に69回
And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood.
till/ˈtɪɫ/…まで[…ない], …になって初めて[…する]本文に38回
His jaws closed on the hand, nor did they relax till his senses were choked out of him once more.
lek/ˈɫɛk/人名の一部本文に30回
He was called Sol-leks, which means the Angry One.
husky/ˈhəski/エスキモー犬本文に30回
They were camped near the log store, where she, in her friendly way, made advances to a husky dog the size of a full-grown wolf, though not half so large as she.
wolf/ˈwʊɫf/オオカミ本文に27回
It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.
mat/ˈmæt/仲間本文に25回
Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress.
whip/ˈhwɪp/むち本文に24回
As Buck sprang to punish him, the lash of François’s whip sang through the air, reaching the culprit first; and nothing remained to Buck but to recover the bone.
harness/ˈhɑɹnəs/馬具, 引き具本文に22回
It was a harness, such as he had seen the grooms put on the horses at home.
breed/ˈbɹid/混血本文に20回
Perrault was a French-Canadian, and swarthy; but François was a French-Canadian half-breed, and twice as swarthy.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に19回
That day they made forty miles, the trail being packed; but the next day, and for many days to follow, they broke their own trail, worked harder, and made poorer time.
snarl/ˈsnɑɹɫ/歯をむいてうなる本文に19回
… he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.
howl/ˈhaʊɫ/遠ぼえする本文に18回
… on the still cold nights, he pointed his nose at a star and howled long and wolflike, it was his ancestors …
toil/ˈtɔɪɫ/骨折って働く, 精を出してする本文に16回
These men wanted dogs, and the dogs they wanted were heavy dogs, with strong muscles by which to toil, and furry coats to protect them from the frost.
limp/ˈɫɪmp/ぐったりと本文に16回
He staggered limply about, the blood flowing from nose and mouth and ears, his beautiful coat sprayed and flecked with bloody slaver.
bull/ˈbʊɫ/雄本文に16回
A band of twenty moose had crossed over from the land of streams and timber, and chief among them was a great bull.
bristle/ˈbɹɪsəɫ/逆立つ本文に15回
And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling, mouth foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes.
yelp/ˈjɛɫp/キャンキャンほえる本文に14回
… a score of them at least, who yelped fearful promises at Toots and Ysabel looking out of the windows at them and protected by a legion of housemaids armed with brooms and mops.
fang/ˈfæŋ/きば, 犬歯本文に13回
They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of club and fang.
growl/ˈɡɹaʊɫ/うなる, ウーッという本文に13回
But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger’s hands, he growled menacingly.
fore/ˈfɔɹ/前部の, 前方の本文に12回
Suddenly the snow gave way beneath his fore legs and he sank down.
stagger/ˈstæɡɝ/よろめく, よろよろ歩く本文に12回
Buck staggered over against the sled, exhausted, sobbing for breath, helpless.
jerk/ˈdʒɝk/…を急に引っぱる本文に12回
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
sweater/ˈswɛtɝ/セーター本文に12回
A stout man, with a red sweater that sagged generously at the neck, came out and signed the book for the driver.
cunning/ˈkənɪŋ/ずるさ, 抜け目なさ本文に11回
The facts of life took on a fiercer aspect; and while he faced that aspect uncowed, he faced it with all the latent cunning of his nature aroused.
lash/ˈɫæʃ/むちひも, むち本文に11回
They had eaten a pair of Perrault’s moose-hide moccasins, chunks out of the leather traces, and even two feet of lash from the end of François’s whip.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/一瞬の間, 瞬間本文に11回
It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/霜本文に10回
He lay down on the snow and attempted to sleep, but the frost soon drove him shivering to his feet.
quarrel/ˈkwɔɹəɫ/口げんかする, 言い争う, 口論する本文に10回
… for the dog-driver was in constant apprehension of the life-and-death struggle between the two which he knew must take place sooner or later; and on more than one night the sounds of quarrelling and strife among the other dogs turned him out of his sleeping robe, fearful that Buck and Spitz were at it.
moose/ˈmus/アメリカヘラジカ本文に10回
The gold was sacked in moose-hide bags, fifty pounds to the bag, and piled like so much firewood outside the spruce-bough lodge.
whine/ˈhwaɪn/悲しそうな声を立てる, 鼻を鳴らす本文に10回
He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/ほえ声, うなり声本文に10回
With a roar that was almost lionlike in its ferocity, he again hurled himself at the man.
timber/ˈtɪmbɝ/森林[地]本文に10回
… through Sheep Camp, past the Scales and the timber line, across glaciers and snowdrifts hundreds of feet deep …
sack/ˈsæk/製の大袋本文に10回
When they put a clothes-sack on the front of the sled, she suggested it should go on the back …
hairy/ˈhɛɹi/毛深い, 毛だらけの・粗い, ざらざらした・ ぞっとするほど危険な本文に9回
At other times this hairy man squatted by the fire with head between his legs and slept.
delight/dɪˈɫaɪt/楽しみ, うれしいこと本文に9回
Hunting and kindred outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles; and to him …
fierce/ˈfɪɹs/激しい, 猛烈な本文に9回
After a particularly fierce blow, he crawled to his feet, too dazed to rush.
nest/ˈnɛst/巣, 巣穴本文に9回
No matter how breathless the air when he dug his nest by tree or bank, the wind that later blew inevitably found him to leeward, sheltered and snug.
pole/ˈpoʊɫ/棒, さお本文に8回
François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.
ration/ˈɹæʃən/1日分の糧食本文に8回
The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.
inch/ˈɪntʃ/インチ尺度の単位で1/12foot, 2.54cm本文に8回
Of this offence Buck was unwittingly guilty, and the first knowledge he had of his indiscretion was when Sol-leks whirled upon him and slashed his shoulder to the bone for three inches up and down.
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