brook

小川、沢

自然に流れる小さな川。

やさしい英語で： A small natural stream of flowing water.

• A brook runs through the garden.
• We crossed the brook on a wooden bridge.
• Several brooks flow down from the hills.

類義語： stream, creek

よく使う表現： small brook, babbling brook, brook water

湿地の草原、湿地

小川のそばなどにある、低く湿った草地。

やさしい英語で： Low, wet grassland, often beside a stream.

• Cattle grazed in the brook beside the stream.
• Heavy rain flooded the low brooks.
• The old map labels this wet meadow as a brook.

類義語： water meadow, marshland

よく使う表現： wet brook, brook pasture, low brook

容認する、我慢する

不快なことを受け入れる。普通、許さないと言うときに使う。

やさしい英語で： To accept or allow something unpleasant, usually used when saying you will not allow it.

• She would brook no nonsense.
• The captain brooked no delay in carrying out his orders.
• His tone made clear that he would brook no argument.

使い方： brook no something (The director would brook no interference in her work.)

類義語： tolerate, allow, put up with

よく使う表現： brook no delay, brook no opposition, brook no interference

享受する、利用する

何かを持ち、それを使ったり恩恵を受けたりして楽しむ。

やさしい英語で： To have something and enjoy using it or benefiting from it.

• He hoped to brook his inheritance in peace.
• She brooked the estate for many years.
• May you brook these lands and enjoy their fruits.

類義語： enjoy, use, possess

よく使う表現： brook the land, brook an estate, brook someone’s wealth