dame

デイム

英国で、騎士と同等の栄誉を受けた女性に与えられる称号。

やさしい英語で： A title given to a woman who receives a British honour equal to a knighthood.

• She was made a dame last year.
• The actress became a dame for her services to drama.
• Two dames attended the ceremony.

よく使う表現： become a dame, made a dame

パントマイムの女役

英国の伝統的な家族向け劇で、主に男性が演じる大げさで面白い女性役。

やさしい英語で： A funny, dramatic female character in a traditional family play, usually played by a man.

• The dame wore a huge pink dress.
• He played the dame in our Christmas pantomime.
• The audience laughed when the dame lost her wig.

よく使う表現： pantomime dame, play a dame, comic dame

寄宿学校の寮母

特にイートン校などの寄宿学校で、生徒の世話をする女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman who looks after pupils in a boarding school, especially at Eton.

• The dame looked after the sick boy.
• Each house had a dame to care for its pupils.
• The boys asked their dame for clean towels.

類義語： matron

よく使う表現： school dame, house dame

サーク島の女領主

サーク島を治める世襲の称号を持つ女性。

やさしい英語で： A woman who holds the inherited title of ruler of the island of Sark.

• The dame of Sark lived on the island.
• She became dame after inheriting the title.
• The island's history records the rule of its dames.

よく使う表現： dame of Sark, hereditary dame

デイムの称号を授ける

女性に栄誉として英国のデイムの称号を与えること。

やさしい英語で： To give a woman the British title Dame as an honour.

• They decided to dame the actress.
• The singer was damed for her services to music.
• Would the monarch dame her after so many years of public service?

よく使う表現： dame someone, dame an actress