「バスカヴィル家の犬」を読む前に覚えたい英単語40
The Hound of the Baskervilles
アーサー・コナン・ドイルが「バスカヴィル家の犬」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。
moor/ˈmʊɹ/荒れ地, 荒野などが一面に生えた湿地本文に159回
… for by the aid of the growth of ivy which covered (and still covers) the south wall she came down from under the eaves, and so homeward across the moor, there being three leagues betwixt the Hall and her father’s farm.
hound/ˈhaʊnd/猟犬本文に69回
… more drunken than the rest, cried out that they should put the hounds upon her.
baronet/ˈbɛɹənət/准男爵, 従男爵本文に48回
Our clients were punctual to their appointment, for the clock had just struck ten when Dr. Mortimer was shown up, followed by the young baronet.
instant/ˈɪnstənt/ちょうどその瞬間, まさに時本文に34回
At the last instant came this terrible catastrophe.
grey/ˈɡɹeɪ/灰色の, ねずみ色の, 鉛色の本文に22回
… which jutted out between two keen, grey eyes, set closely together and sparkling brightly from behind a pair of gold-rimmed glasses.
beard/ˈbɪɹd/あごひげ本文に18回
At that instant I was aware of a bushy black beard and a pair of piercing eyes turned upon us through the side window of the cab.
alley/ˈæɫi/小道本文に16回
Sir Charles Baskerville was in the habit every night before going to bed of walking down the famous yew alley of Baskerville Hall.
neighbour/ˈneɪbɝ/隣人, 隣国, 隣国人本文に15回
… in truth, his neighbours might have pardoned, seeing that saints have never flourished in those parts …
butler/ˈbətɫɝ/執事, 使用人がしら本文に13回
… and his indoor servants at Baskerville Hall consisted of a married couple named Barrymore, the husband acting as butler and the wife as housekeeper.
evidently/ˈɛvədəntɫi/明らかに本文に13回
“And a man of precise mind, evidently.”
heir/ˈɛɹ/相続人, 跡取り本文に13回
It is well that this is so, for it is obviously of the utmost importance that Sir Charles’s heir should settle at the Hall and continue the good work which has been so sadly interrupted.
telegram/ˈtɛɫəˌɡɹæm/電報, 電文本文に12回
You will say that an important telegram has miscarried and that you are looking for it.
singular/ˈsɪŋɡjəɫɝ/奇妙な, 変わった本文に12回
When Dr. Mortimer had finished reading this singular narrative he pushed his spectacles up on his forehead and stared across at Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
keen/ˈkin/激しい, 強烈な本文に12回
He had never said as much before, and I must admit that his words gave me keen pleasure, for I had often been piqued by his indifference to my admiration and to the attempts which I had made to give publicity to his methods.
presume/pɹɪˈzum/…を推定する, 仮定する本文に12回
I presume that it is Mr. Sherlock Holmes whom I am addressing and not—”
lonely/ˈɫoʊnɫi/寂しい, 心細い本文に12回
… as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
mil/ˈmɪɫ/マイル本文に11回
With the exception of Mr. Frankland, of Lafter Hall, and Mr. Stapleton, the naturalist, there are no other men of education within many miles.
yonder/ˈjɑndɝ/あそこに, 向こうに本文に11回
“A false step yonder means death to man or beast.
mire/ˈmaɪɝ/ぬかるみ, 深い泥本文に11回
“The mire has him.
swiftly/ˈswɪftɫi/速く本文に11回
The moon shone clear above them, and they rode swiftly abreast, taking that course which the maid must needs have taken if she were to reach her own home.
granite/ˈɡɹænət/花こう岩, みかげ石本文に11回
In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer …
flush/ˈfɫəʃ/赤らむ, 赤面する本文に11回
His dark brows knitted and his face flushed to a dusky red as he spoke.
devil/ˈdɛvəɫ/悪魔, 悪鬼本文に11回
… as it would seem, he became as one that hath a devil, for …
beast/ˈbist/動物, 四足獣本文に11回
… a great, black beast, shaped like a hound …
moorland/ˈmʊɹˌɫænd/荒野本文に10回
But anon their bemused wits awoke to the nature of the deed which was like to be done upon the moorlands.
centre/ˈsɛntɝ/中心, 中央, 中核本文に10回
The moon was shining bright upon the clearing, and there in the centre lay the unhappy maid where she had fallen, dead of fear and of fatigue.
melancholy/ˈmɛɫənˌkɑɫi/もの悲しい気持ちにさせる, 悲しげな本文に10回
Over the green squares of the fields and the low curve of a wood there rose in the distance a grey, melancholy hill, with a strange jagged summit …
exceedingly/ɪkˈsidɪŋɫi/非常に, 大いに, とても本文に10回
I had observed some newspaper comment at the time, but I was exceedingly preoccupied by that little affair of the Vatican cameos, and in my anxiety to oblige the Pope I lost touch with several interesting English cases.
lurk/ˈɫɝk/潜む, 潜伏する本文に10回
… on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast …
boulder/ˈboʊɫdɝ/丸石, 玉石本文に10回
Still steadily rising, we passed over a narrow granite bridge and skirted a noisy stream which gushed swiftly down, foaming and roaring amid the grey boulders.
hut/ˈhət/小屋, 仮小屋, ヒュッテ本文に10回
As you look at their grey stone huts against the scarred hillsides you leave your own age behind you, and if you were to see a skin-clad …
vague/ˈveɪɡ/ばく然としている, ぼんやりした本文に10回
Through the haze I had a vague vision of Holmes in his dressing-gown coiled up in an armchair with his black clay pipe between his lips.
cabman御者本文に9回
“It puts him in the power of the cabman.”
naturalist/ˈnætʃɝəɫəst/博物学者本文に9回
There is a house indicated here which may be the residence of the naturalist—Stapleton, if I remember right, was his name.
gloom/ˈɡɫum/憂うつ, 意気消沈, 深い悲しみ本文に9回
“The recent sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose name has been mentioned as the probable Liberal candidate for Mid-Devon at the next election, has cast a gloom over the county.
dreadful/ˈdɹɛdfəɫ/恐ろしい, ものすごい本文に9回
… Mr. Holmes, he was honestly convinced that a dreadful fate overhung his family, and certainly the records which he was able to give of his ancestors were not encouraging.
cigar/sɪˈɡɑɹ/葉巻きたばこ, シガー本文に9回
That night he went out as usual for his nocturnal walk, in the course of which he was in the habit of smoking a cigar.
afterwards/ˈæftɝwɝdz/あとで, 以後, その後本文に9回
An instant afterwards he gave a little cry of satisfaction, and …
countryside/ˈkəntɹiˌsaɪd/いなか, 地方, 田園本文に9回
Being himself childless, it was his openly expressed desire that the whole countryside should, within his own lifetime …
dull/ˈdəɫ/どんよりした, 曇った, うっとうしい本文に9回
A dull light shone through heavy mullioned windows, and from the high chimneys which rose from the steep, high-angled roof there sprang a single black column of smoke.
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