「老婦人、飛ぶ」を読む前に覚えたい英単語24
The Old Lady flies
ラウル・ホイットフィールドが「老婦人、飛ぶ」で何度も使う、英語の頻出4,000語に入らない24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。
grin/ˈɡɹɪn/歯を見せて[にやりと]笑う本文に9回
He grinned, and so did we.
stunt/ˈstənt/離れわざをする本文に8回
He’d joy-hopped her, taken a chance on air advertising, smoke writing, stunting.
sore/ˈsɔɹ/感情を害する, 怒って本文に7回
I saw then that Brooks was getting sore.
cheerfully/ˈtʃɪɹfəɫi/陽気に本文に6回
It isn’t easy to crash a ship, and get away cheerfully.
wreck/ˈɹɛk/残がい本文に5回
You don’t expect me to let a new plane drop—and hang on to a rambling wreck?
groan/ˈɡɹoʊn/うめく, うなる本文に5回
I groaned.
cockpit/ˈkɑkˌpɪt/操縦室本文に5回
Charlie Ryan crashed on a landing, and both he and his mechanic, riding in the rear cockpit, were badly smashed up.
outfit/ˈaʊtˌfɪt/集団, 隊, 部隊本文に5回
“You’re cutting loose the most popular guy in the outfit—and just because he sticks by his old bus.”
throttle/ˈθɹɑtəɫ/絞り本文に4回
We both climbed up on a wing as Russ Healy cut the throttle and eliminated most of the exhaust roar.
glare/ˈɡɫɛɹ/にらみつける本文に4回
Bob Brooks glared at Russ.
prop/ˈpɹɑp/プロペラ本文に4回
Just an old lady, that was all she was—an old lady, still turning a prop and taking the air, but pretty far out of date.
loop/ˈɫup/宙返りする本文に4回
“Well, I’ll just take her up there now—and loop you ragged, and then I’ll come down in the tightest spin——”
rear/ˈɹɪɹ/後部本文に4回
Bob Brooks was already seated in the rear cockpit.
hangar/ˈhæŋɝ/格納庫本文に3回
He could store that ship up at Al Garvin’s hangar.
dummy/ˈdəmi/模造品, 型見本本文に3回
Probably they were rigging up a couple of dummy guns, or trying to make her look like a D.H.
flyer/ˈfɫaɪɝ/飛行士本文に3回
But Russ was that rare sort of creature—a flyer who was sentimental.
rig/ˈɹɪɡ/…に装備をつける本文に3回
But her flying wires were right; she was rigged properly for the air.
dove/ˈdəv/diveの過去形本文に3回
A screaming, wire-whistling shape dove past the D.H.
bust/ˈbəst/を破裂させる, 打ち壊す本文に3回
Russ would be sore, furious—when we flew in and busted things up.
chuckle/ˈtʃəkəɫ/くすくす笑う, ひとり笑いをする本文に3回
I chuckled.
taxi/ˈtæksi/滑走する本文に3回
Then we climbed the five ships, and taxied out.
frown/ˈfɹaʊn/まゆをひそめる, しかめづらをする本文に3回
Bob Brooks frowned.
exhaust/ɪɡˈzɔst/排気本文に3回
An exhaust roar cut me short.
softly/ˈsɔfɫi/静かに本文に3回
I swore softly.
意味：EJDict-hand, English to Japanese (public domain) 発音記号：ipa-dict（MIT）、Wiktionaryより。
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