「幸福な王子」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Happy Prince, and Other Tales
オスカー・ワイルドが「幸福な王子」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。
wheelbarrow/ˈhwiɫˌbɛɹoʊ/手押し車, 猫車本文に19回
I am going to bring them into the market and sell them to the Burgomaster’s daughter, and buy back my wheelbarrow with the money.’
thorn/ˈθɔɹn/とげ, 針本文に12回
You must sing to me with your breast against a thorn.
blossom/ˈbɫɑsəm/花本文に12回
His hair is dark as the hyacinth-blossom, and his lips are red as the rose of his desire …
ruby/ˈɹubi/紅玉, ルビー本文に9回
He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
weep/ˈwip/涙を流す, 泣く本文に8回
“Why are you weeping then?”
plank/ˈpɫæŋk/厚板本文に7回
‘I can easily put it in repair, as I have a plank of wood in the house.’
till/ˈtɪɫ/…してそして[ついに]…本文に7回
Leaf after leaf of the fine gold the Swallow picked off, till the Happy Prince looked quite dull and grey.
mend/ˈmɛnd/…を直す, 修繕する本文に6回
… looking at it, ‘and I am afraid that after I have mended my barn-roof there won’t be any left for you to mend the wheelbarrow with; but …
delightful/dɪˈɫaɪtfəɫ/喜びを与える, 楽しい, うれしい本文に6回
“This is a delightful spot,” he said, “we must ask the Hail on a visit.”
pluck/ˈpɫək/をむしる, 引き抜く本文に6回
So the Swallow plucked out the Prince’s eye, and flew away to the student’s garret.
roar/ˈɹɔɹ/ほえる, うなる本文に6回
They have eyes like green beryls, and their roar is louder than the roar of the cataract.”
bride/ˈbɹaɪd/花嫁, 新婦本文に6回
And a delicate flush of pink came into the leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom when he kisses the lips of the bride.
sack/ˈsæk/製の大袋本文に6回
“There was the Miller with a large sack of flour on his back.
honour/ˈɑnɝ/儀礼本文に5回
She is embroidering passion-flowers on a satin gown for the loveliest of the Queen’s maids-of-honour to wear at the next Court-ball.
marvellous/ˈmɑɹvəɫəs/驚嘆すべき, 信じがたい本文に5回
“Dear little Swallow,” said the Prince, “you tell me of marvellous things, but more marvellous than anything is the suffering of men and of women.
scarlet/ˈskɑɹɫət/緋色の, 深紅色の, まっかな本文に5回
“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
lantern/ˈɫæntɝn/ランタン, ちょうちん, 角灯本文に5回
He passed over the river, and saw the lanterns hanging to the masts of the ships.
selfish/ˈsɛɫfɪʃ/利己的な, 自分本位の本文に5回
She thinks merely of music, and everybody knows that the arts are selfish.
ditch/ˈdɪtʃ/溝, 堀, 潅漑用水路本文に5回
But you must lend me your lantern, as the night is so dark that I am afraid I might fall into the ditch.’
jewel/ˈdʒuəɫ/宝石本文に5回
Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away.
murmur/ˈmɝmɝ/ささやく, つぶやく本文に5回
he murmured, “will you let me kiss your hand?”
soar/ˈsɔɹ/空高く飛ぶ, 舞い上がる本文に5回
Suddenly she spread her brown wings for flight, and soared into the air.
barn/ˈbɑɹn/納家, 物置本文に5回
said the Miller; ‘why, that is just what I want for the roof of my barn.
sword/ˈsɔɹd/刀, 剣本文に5回
Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow, will you not bring her the ruby out of my sword-hilt?
morrow/ˈmɑɹoʊ/明日, 翌日本文に4回
“To-morrow my friends will fly up to the Second Cataract.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色の, ねずみ色の, 鉛色の本文に4回
He was dressed in grey, and his breath was like ice.
frost/ˈfɹɔst/霜本文に4回
Then the snow came, and after the snow came the frost.
bridegroom/ˈbɹaɪdˌɡɹum/花婿, 新郎本文に4回
It was a magnificent ceremony, and the bride and bridegroom walked hand in hand under a canopy of purple velvet embroidered with little pearls.
quack/ˈkwæk/ガアガア鳴く本文に4回
“Quack, quack, quack,” she said.
selfishness/ˈsɛɫfɪʃnəs/利己心本文に4回
The Reed used to like the rain, but that was merely her selfishness.”
violet/ˈvaɪəɫɪt/スミレ本文に4回
He is leaning over a desk covered with papers, and in a tumbler by his side there is a bunch of withered violets.
petal/ˈpɛtəɫ/花弁, 花びら本文に4回
And on the top-most spray of the Rose-tree there blossomed a marvellous rose, petal following petal, as song followed song.
cloak/ˈkɫoʊk/そでなし外とう, マント本文に4回
The Snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak, and the Frost painted all the trees silver.
fireworks/ˈfaɪɹˌwɝks/花火本文に4回
The last item on the programme was a grand display of fireworks, to be let off exactly at midnight.
spoil/ˈspɔɪɫ/をだいなしにする, 損なう本文に4回
She has let her matches fall in the gutter, and they are all spoiled.
cough/ˈkɑf/せき, せき払本文に4回
Suddenly, a sharp, dry cough was heard, and they all looked round.
magnificent/mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/壮大な, 壮麗な本文に4回
It was certainly a magnificent display.
drown/ˈdɹaʊn/…を溺死させる本文に4回
cried the old Water-rat; “they really deserve to be drowned.”
ladder/ˈɫædɝ/はしご本文に4回
So he jumped off the ladder, and ran down the garden, and looked over the wall.
spray/ˈspɹeɪ/小枝本文に4回
In the centre of the grass-plot was standing a beautiful Rose-tree, and when she saw it she flew over to it, and lit upon a spray.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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