今日のBBC英語ニュースの頻出単語
Gossip (2 回使われました) (Level 3)
Pronunciation: UK /ˈɡɒs.ɪp/ US /ˈɡɑː.səp/
日本語 (Japanese):
(特に他人の私事についての)『うわさ話』 / 〈U〉(新聞などの)ゴシップ,閑話 / 〈C〉うわさ話の好きな人,おしゃべりな人 / (他人の私事などについて…と)『うわさ話をする』,むだ話をする《+『about』+『名』(do『ing』)+『with』+『名』》
中国话 (Simplifized)：闲话 (Xiánhuà)
漢語 (Traditional)：閒話
[ㄒㄧㄢˊㄏㄨㄚˋ]
(Xiánhuà)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Celebrity gossip is hard enough to decipher even in the open West, let alone North Korea.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Celebrity gossip site TMZ even has a special "Reporting for Duty" page where you can keep track of famous faces going to court (but on the right side of the dock).
Snack (2 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /snæk/ US /snæk/
日本語 (Japanese):
(特に食事と食事の間にとる)『軽食』,スナック / 軽い食事をとる;間食する
中国话 (Simplifized)：小吃 (xiǎochī)
漢語 (Traditional)：小吃
[ㄒㄧㄠˇㄔ]
(xiǎochī)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Snack manufacturer Kims has been selling the square, ridged Snack Chips for almost three decades in Denmark.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
But the snack achieved cult status in India mainly because of the ease of cooking it - Maggi's "two-minute" advertising campaign suggested just opening the pack and adding the noodles and seasoning to boiling hot water and cooking it for just two minutes.
Amusing (1 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /əˈmjuː.zɪŋ/ US /əˈmjuː.zɪŋ/
日本語 (Japanese):
『おもしろい』,おかしい,楽しい
中国话 (Simplifized)：有趣 (yǒuqù)
漢語 (Traditional)：有趣
[ㄧㄡˇㄑㄩˋ]
(yǒuqù)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
Amusing though this is, you have to be careful not to laugh at it, at least if you are a professor who has not got tenure.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
Homer is an amusing fellow who likes a beer, but he doesn't quite stand up as the paternal epitome (Lisa would have to translate that, for instance).
Thrill (1 回使われました) (Level 4)
Pronunciation: UK /θrɪl/ US /θrɪl/
日本語 (Japanese):
(喜び・恐れ・興奮などで)『ぞくぞくする感じ』,ぞっとする(わくわくする)感じ,スリル / 『ぞくぞくさせるもの』,ぞっと(わくわく)させるもの / …‘を'『ぞくぞくさせる』,ぞっと(わくわく)させる / (…に)ぞくぞくする,ぞっとする,わくわくする《+at(to)+名》
中国话 (Simplifized)：快感 (kuàigǎn)
漢語 (Traditional)：快感
[ㄎㄨㄞˋㄍㄢˇ]
(kuàigǎn)
例文1 (1st sample sentense):
It's a thrill, an entertainment, pure amusement.
例文2 (2nd sample sentense):
It is a thrill to announce a season of work that features, in plays by living writers, women of the calibre and power of Zawe Ashton, Sinead Cusack, Michelle Dockery, Michelle Fairley, Genevieve O'Reilly and Janet McTeer, who returns to the Donmar and the London stage.
