今日のBBC英語ニュースの頻出単語
Accent (7 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈæk.sənt/ US /ˈæk.sen.t̬ɪd/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈C〉〈U〉『アクセント』,『強勢』;アクセント記号 / 〈C〉(言葉の)なまり / 《複数形で》『口調』,音調(tone) / 〈C〉〈U〉強調,重視 / …‘に'アクセントをおく;…‘に'アクセント符号をつける / …'を'強調する,目立たせる
中国话 (Simplifized)：口音 (Kǒuyīn)
漢語 (Traditional)：口音
[ㄎㄡˇㄧㄣ]
(Kǒuyīn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Local accent Heeba, from Somalia, has been given leave to remain with her three children.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
He had a thick accent and a very poor command of English - in other words, whoever he was, he was clearly not a British tourist.
Cookie (4 回使われました) (Level 1)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈkʊk.i/ US /ˈkʊk.i/
日本語 (Japanese):
クッキー ( kukkī )
中国话 (Simplifized)：饼干 (bǐnggān)
漢語 (Traditional)：餅乾
[ㄅㄧㄥˇㄍㄢ]
(bǐnggān)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
And cookie monster is sad that there are no cookies and you are sad that you have no friends".
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Composition (3 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˌkɒm.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/ US /ˌkɑːm-/
日本語 (Japanese):
〈U〉(文学・美術・音楽作品などの)『創作』,制作[法];『作文』,『作曲』,〈C〉作品,楽曲 / 〈U〉(混合物などの)『成分』《+『of』+『名』》 / 〈C〉〈U〉(人の)気質,性質,性分(constitution) / 〈U〉(文学作品・音楽作品などの)構成,構想,(絵画などの)構図《+『of』+『名』》 / (またcompo)〈C〉混合物,合成物 / 〈U〉(活字の)植字,組み
中国话 (Simplifized)：组成 (zǔchéng)
漢語 (Traditional)：組成
[ㄗㄨˇㄔㄥˊ]
(zǔchéng)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
The composition of legal highs is often slightly altered so that the ban is avoided.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
The composition of the fossil is the same as the rock in which it lies, so we can't [separate them]," said Prof Siveter.
Arrange (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /əˈreɪndʒ/ US /-dʒɚ/
日本語 (Japanese):
…'を'『整理する』,『整える』;…'を'配置する,配列する / (前もって)…'を'『手配する』,準備する / …'を'前もって決める(打ち合わせる) / …‘の'調停をする / (…用に)…'を'編曲する《+『名』+『for』+『名』》 / 『手配する』,準備をする / (…と…について)打ち合わせる,協定する,取り決める《+『with』+『名』+『about』(『for』)+『名』》
中国话 (Simplifized)：安排 (ānpái)
漢語 (Traditional)：安排
[ㄢㄆㄞˊ]
(ānpái)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
We'll arrange to block the tunnel if nothing is done".
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Always arrange overdrafts in advance - unauthorised overdrafts, if permitted, could prove seriously expensive and you may get charged a fee if a transaction is not honoured," he says.
Hammer (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈhæm.ər/ US /-ɚ/
日本語 (Japanese):
『金づち』,ハンマー / ハンマーに似た物,(銃の)撃鉄,(ピアノの弦を打つフェルトの)つち,(競売人の)木づち,(ベる・ゴングなどの)打ち子 / (ハンマー投げの)ハンマー / (耳の中の)槌骨(ついこつ) / (金づち・こぶしなどで)…‘を'『こつこつとたたく』(『打つ』)《+『名』+『with』+『名』》 / …‘を'つちでたたいて作る《+『名』+『out,』+『out』+『名』》 / (人の頭に)〈考え・事柄など〉‘を'繰り返して教え込む《+『名』+『into』(『in』)+『名』》 / 《話》〈相手〉‘を'打ち負かす,やっつける / (…を)金づちで打つ;(つえやこぶしなどで)(…を)ドンドンとたたく《+『at』(『on』)+『名』》
中国话 (Simplifized)：锤 (chuí)
漢語 (Traditional)：錘
[ㄔㄨㄟˊ]
(chuí)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Hammer (right) played the eponymous masked hero in The Lone Ranger Hammer is now starring opposite British actor Henry Cavill in Sherlock Holmes director Guy Ritchie's reboot of Cold War spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
'Hammer blow' Alagiah said the support from viewers had been "incredible" and that he wanted to get back on air "for my audience".
Painter (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈpeɪn.tər/ US /-t̬ɚ/
日本語 (Japanese):
『画家』 / ペンキ屋
中国话 (Simplifized)：画家 (huàjiā)
漢語 (Traditional)：畫家
[ㄏㄨㄚˋㄐㄧㄚ]
(huàjiā)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Painter Ian Stephens insists he was travelling faster than the traffic in the inside lane A man believed to be the first person convicted of hogging the middle lane of a motorway says he was made a scapegoat because he drives a white van.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
A painter himself, he became interested in programming in the late 1960s at the same time as he was pondering his own art and asking whether it was possible to devise a set of rules and then "almost without thinking" make the painting by following the rules.
Noisy (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈnɔɪ.zi/ US /ˈnɔɪ.zi/
日本語 (Japanese):
(人・声などが)『やかましい』,騒々しい,(場所が)騒音に満ちている
中国话 (Simplifized)：吵闹 (chǎonào)
漢語 (Traditional)：吵鬧
[ㄔㄠˇㄋㄠˋ]
(chǎonào)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Noisy throngs of Chinese tourists disturb those who visit Mount Rigi in the Alps in search of peace and relaxation, reports the Swiss newspaper Blick.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
A noisy neighbour William the cockerel (left) was accused of crowing too loudly A cockerel called William was served with a noise abatement notice last year - or rather, his owners were - because he was crowing too loudly in Eyam, Derbyshire.
Sheet (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ʃiːt/ US /ʃiːt/
日本語 (Japanese):
『敷布』(しきふ),シーツ / (紙など薄いものの)『1枚』《+『of』+『名』》 / 印刷物;新聞;(切手の)シート / (火・水などの)『一面の広がり』 / …‘に'シーツをかける,‘を'敷布で包む / …‘を'一面におおう
中国话 (Simplifized)：片 (piàn)
漢語 (Traditional)：片
[ㄆㄧㄢˋ]
(piàn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
A fact sheet for migrants portrays Cambodia as a country with no violent crime or stray dogs Take a one-way ticket out of a Pacific island detention centre and you could start a new life in a country where you are told jobs are waiting, quality medical services are available, and there are no problems with violent crime or even stray dogs.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
A "fact sheet" on life in Cambodia given out on Nauru, serves to act as an inducement.
Whiskey (2 回使われました) (Level 2)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈhwɪs·ki/ US /ˈhwɪs·ki/
日本語 (Japanese):
ウイスキー ( uisukī )
中国话 (Simplifized)：威士忌 (wēishìjì)
漢語 (Traditional)：威士忌
[ㄨㄟㄕˋㄐㄧˋ]
(wēishìjì)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
A glass of whiskey was probably out of shot.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
It's American whiskey [liqueur]," says Mags.
Cushion (2 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈkʊʃ.ən/ US /ˈkʊʃ.ən/
日本語 (Japanese):
『クッション』,座ぶとん / クッション状の物;(衝撃などを和らげるための)詰め物,まくら / 玉突台のクッション / …‘に'クッションを当てる;〈衝撃など〉'を'クッションを当てて和らげる
中国话 (Simplifized)：坐垫 (zuòdiàn)
漢語 (Traditional)：坐墊
(zuòdiàn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
There are big cushion-like sensors on the sofas and chairs and beds, so the robots know where their human is resting, and much smaller devices on the cupboards and doors, light switches, taps and even on the toilet seat.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
The hopeful sounds cushion the cautionary tales and astute observations of his songs, such as Touri Idje Bibi (Black Fruits) where he sings: "Oh earth, forgiveness, oh river forgiveness, "Every day we offend you.
