beetle

甲虫

飛ぶための羽を覆って守る、硬い外側の羽を持つ昆虫。

やさしい英語で： An insect with hard outer wings that cover and protect the wings it uses to fly.

• A beetle crawled across the leaf.
• We found several beetles under the log.
• Can this beetle fly?

よく使う表現： black beetle, dung beetle, beetle larvae, beetle wings

小走りする、急いで立ち去る

短くせわしない足取りで、どこかへ急いで移動する。

やさしい英語で： To move somewhere quickly, often with small, hurried steps.

• He beetled off to work.
• The children beetled away down the path.
• She was beetling along with a bag in each hand.

類義語： scurry, hurry, scuttle

反対語： dawdle

よく使う表現： beetle off, beetle away, beetle along

張り出す、覆いかぶさる

何かの上に突き出て、大きく威圧的に見える。

やさしい英語で： To stick out above something, often looking large or threatening.

• A rock beetled over the entrance.
• The cliffs beetle above the sea.
• His thick brows beetled over his eyes.

使い方： beetle over something (Dark cliffs beetled over the narrow path.)

類義語： overhang, jut out, loom

よく使う表現： beetle over something, beetle above something

張り出した、突き出た

上から張り出している。特に、太く突き出た眉についていう。

やさしい英語で： Sticking out over something, especially when describing thick eyebrows.

• He had beetle brows.
• Her beetle eyebrows gave her a stern expression.
• Two sharp eyes watched from beneath his beetle brows.

類義語： overhanging, protruding, jutting

よく使う表現： beetle brows, beetle eyebrows