fluke

まぐれ、偶然の成功

偶然得られたよい結果で、再び起こる可能性が低いもの。

やさしい英語で： A good result that happens by chance and is unlikely to happen again.

• My first win was a fluke.
• Was that amazing shot skill or just a fluke?
• She won again, proving her earlier success was no fluke.

類義語： lucky break, stroke of luck

よく使う表現： a lucky fluke, by a fluke, just a fluke

吸虫

人や動物の体内に住み、病気を起こすことがある小さな平たい虫。

やさしい英語で： A small flat worm that lives inside a person or animal and can cause disease.

• The sheep had liver flukes.
• Eating infected raw fish can spread flukes.
• The vet treated the cattle for fluke infection.

類義語： trematode

よく使う表現： liver fluke, blood fluke, fluke infection

尾びれの片葉

クジラやイルカの尾の先にある、左右二つの平たい部分の一方。

やさしい英語で： One of the two flat parts at the end of a whale’s or dolphin’s tail.

• The whale raised one fluke.
• Its left fluke had a deep scar.
• We photographed the whale’s flukes before it dived.

よく使う表現： tail fluke, whale fluke, injured fluke

ナツガレイ

両目が体の同じ側にあり、食用に捕られる平たい海の魚。

やさしい英語で： A flat sea fish with both eyes on one side, often caught for food.

• We caught a fluke near the coast.
• The restaurant serves fresh fluke with lemon.
• Fluke lie on the sandy bottom waiting for prey.

類義語： summer flounder

よく使う表現： catch fluke, summer fluke, fluke fishing

鉤

長い柄のついた武器にある金属の鉤。

やさしい英語で： A metal hook on a weapon attached to a long pole.

• The weapon had a curved fluke.
• A sharp fluke projected from the metal head.
• The soldier used the fluke to catch his opponent’s weapon.

よく使う表現： sharpened fluke, steel fluke, curved fluke

まぐれで成功する

実力よりも運によってよい結果を得る。

やさしい英語で： To get a good result through luck rather than skill.

• I fluked a pass in chemistry.
• He somehow fluked a goal from halfway down the field.
• You cannot fluke your way through every exam.

使い方： fluke something (We fluked a win against the strongest team.)

類義語： luck into

よく使う表現： fluke a win, fluke a pass, fluke a goal

まぐれでポケットに入れる

スヌーカーなどで、意図せず球をポケットに入れる。

やさしい英語で： To send a ball into a pocket by accident in a game such as snooker.

• She fluked a red into the corner pocket.
• I aimed for the blue but fluked the black.
• Did he fluke that ball, or was it planned?

使い方： fluke something into something (He fluked the red into the middle pocket.)

よく使う表現： fluke a red, fluke a ball, fluke the black