beck

手招き、合図

来ることや何かをすることを促す、頭や手の動き。

やさしい英語で： A movement of the head or hand that tells someone to come or do something.

• A beck of her hand summoned the servant.
• He obeyed every beck from his master.
• I'm tired of being at your beck and call.

使い方： at someone's beck and call (The servants were at the lord's beck and call.)

類義語： signal, gesture, beckoning

よく使う表現： at someone's beck, beck and call, a silent beck

小川

小さな川。特にイングランド北部で使う呼び名。

やさしい英語で： A small river, especially in northern England.

• A beck runs through the village.
• We crossed the beck on a small wooden bridge.
• Heavy rain filled the becks with muddy water.

類義語： stream, brook

よく使う表現： cross the beck, beside the beck, a narrow beck

大桶、槽

布の製造などの作業で、液体を入れておく大きな容器。

やさしい英語で： A large container used to hold liquids during work such as making cloth.

• The workers filled the beck with dye.
• Wool was lowered into a large wooden beck.
• Several becks stood along the workshop wall.

類義語： vat, tank

よく使う表現： a dye beck, fill the beck, wooden beck