mule

ラバ

雄のロバと雌の馬から生まれる動物。よく荷物を運ぶのに使われる。

やさしい英語で： An animal born from a male donkey and a female horse, often used to carry loads.

• The mule carried our bags.
• Farmers used mules to pull heavy carts.
• We rode a mule along the mountain path.

よく使う表現： pack mule, ride a mule, mule train, breed a mule

ミュール

足の前側を覆い、かかとは覆わない靴。

やさしい英語で： A shoe that covers the front of your foot but leaves your heel uncovered.

• She wore a pair of red mules.
• This leather mule has a low heel.
• I slipped off my mules by the door.

よく使う表現： leather mule, heeled mule, mule shoe

麻薬の運び屋

報酬を受け取り、違法な薬物をある場所から別の場所へひそかに運ぶ人。

やさしい英語で： A person paid to secretly carry illegal drugs from one place to another.

• Police arrested a drug mule at the airport.
• The gang recruited young people as mules.
• She was paid to act as a mule across the border.

類義語： drug courier

よく使う表現： drug mule, recruit a mule