grouse

ライチョウ類

北方に住み、狩猟や食用のために捕られることが多い、丸い体の野鳥。

やさしい英語で： A wild bird with a round body, often hunted for sport or food in northern regions.

• A grouse flew out of the heather.
• We saw several grouse on the moor.
• The hunters waited quietly for the grouse to appear.

類義語： moorbird, moorcock, moorfowl

よく使う表現： red grouse, black grouse, grouse shooting

ライチョウの肉

北方の野鳥の肉で、調理して食べるもの。

やさしい英語で： The meat of a wild northern bird, cooked and eaten as food.

• We had grouse for dinner.
• The chef served roast grouse with potatoes.
• Have you ever tasted grouse?

よく使う表現： roast grouse, serve grouse, grouse breast

不満、苦情

ある状況への不満の言葉、または不満を感じる点。

やさしい英語で： A complaint or something that makes you unhappy about a situation.

• My only grouse is the price.
• Poor service was a common grouse among customers.
• What is your main grouse about the new system?

使い方： a grouse about something (Her biggest grouse about the flat is the noise.)

類義語： complaint, grumble, gripe

よく使う表現： my only grouse, a common grouse, main grouse

愚痴をこぼす、不平を言う

不満そうな声で、しばしば繰り返し文句を言う。

やさしい英語で： To complain, often repeatedly or in an unhappy voice.

• He always grouses about the weather.
• The staff groused over the extra work.
• Stop grousing and help me carry these bags.

使い方： grouse about something (They groused about the lack of parking.); grouse that… (She groused that nobody had asked her opinion.)

類義語： complain, grumble, moan, gripe

よく使う表現： grouse about something, grouse at someone, grouse over something

ライチョウを狩る

ライチョウ類の野鳥を、通常は銃で撃って狩る。

やさしい英語で： To hunt wild birds called grouse, usually by shooting them.

• They went out to grouse on the moor.
• He groused on the estate every autumn.
• The guests spent the morning grousing in the hills.

よく使う表現： go grouse, grouse on moors

最高の、すばらしい

オーストラリアのくだけた言い方で、とてもよい、楽しい。

やさしい英語で： Very good or enjoyable, in informal Australian English.

• We had a grouse day at the beach.
• That new bike looks grouse!
• Thanks for the party, mate; it was grouse.

類義語： great, excellent, awesome

反対語： terrible, awful

よく使う表現： a grouse day, grouse weather, have a grouse time