siren

サイレン

大きな警告音を出す装置、またはその音。

やさしい英語で： A device that makes a loud warning sound, or the sound it makes.

• I heard a siren.
• The ambulance driver switched on the siren.
• Sirens warned people to leave the building.

類義語： alarm

よく使う表現： police siren, air raid siren, sound the siren, siren sounds

セイレーン

ギリシャ神話で、美しい歌声で船乗りを岩場へ誘い、死に至らせる女の怪物。

やさしい英語で： In ancient Greek stories, a female creature whose beautiful singing led sailors towards rocks and death.

• The siren sang to the sailors.
• Sirens tried to draw the ship towards the rocks.
• In the story, he escapes the siren’s deadly song.

よく使う表現： a siren’s song, the siren’s call, mythical siren

魔性の女、妖婦

美しさや魅力で強く人を引きつけ、災いに巻き込むこともある女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman whose beauty or charm strongly attracts people and may lead them into trouble.

• He fell for a dangerous siren.
• The novel’s siren charms men into betraying their friends.
• She plays a glamorous siren who leads the hero into danger.

類義語： temptress, femme fatale

よく使う表現： a seductive siren, a dangerous siren, screen siren

魅惑的な歌手

美しい歌声で聞く人を引きつけ、うっとりさせる歌手。

やさしい英語で： A person whose beautiful singing attracts and delights listeners.

• The young siren sang beautifully.
• Listeners gathered to hear the siren’s sweet voice.
• The review praised her as a siren who enchanted the audience.

類義語： songbird

よく使う表現： a singing siren, a sweet siren, the young siren

サイレンを鳴らす

サイレンで大きな警告音を出す、またはそれに似た音を出す。

やさしい英語で： To make a loud warning sound using an alarm, or make a sound like one.

• The ship sirened loudly.
• The factory sirened a warning across the town.
• The alarm sirened into the night.

類義語： sound an alarm, wail

よく使う表現： siren loudly, siren a warning, siren into something

サイレンを鳴らして走る

車のサイレンを鳴らしながら走る。

やさしい英語で： To drive a vehicle with its loud warning alarm switched on.

• The ambulance sirened past us.
• Police cars sirened through the traffic.
• The fire engine sirened down the main street.

よく使う表現： siren through traffic, siren past someone, siren down something

魅惑的な、誘惑的な

神話の歌声のように、人を魅了して危険へ誘う。

やさしい英語で： Like the creatures in ancient stories whose beautiful singing attracted sailors into danger.

• Her siren voice drew him closer.
• The sea seemed to sing a siren song.
• He resisted the siren call of easy wealth.

類義語： alluring, seductive, enticing

よく使う表現： siren song, siren call, siren voice