dandy

すばらしい、上等な

とてもよい、または満足させるような。

やさしい英語で： Very good or pleasing.

• That's a dandy idea.
• This is a dandy little tool for opening jars.
• They did a dandy job repairing the fence.

類義語： great, excellent, splendid

反対語： terrible, awful

よく使う表現： dandy idea, dandy little tool, just dandy

結構な、まずまずの

問題や改善の余地はあっても、十分によく満足できる。

やさしい英語で： Good and satisfactory, although there may still be problems or room for improvement.

• Everything seems fine and dandy so far.
• That's fine and dandy, but who will pay?
• The plan sounds all fine and dandy until you look at the cost.

類義語： fine, satisfactory, acceptable

反対語： unsatisfactory

よく使う表現： fine and dandy, all fine and dandy

伊達な、気取った

男性が流行の服や優雅な見た目に強くこだわっている。

やさしい英語で： Showing a man's great concern with fashionable clothes and elegant appearance.

• He copied his uncle's dandy style.
• His dandy appearance attracted attention in the village.
• The actor's dandy clothes matched his careful manners.

類義語： foppish, dandified

よく使う表現： dandy style, dandy manners, dandy appearance

しゃれ者、伊達男

服装や外見、優雅な振る舞いにとても気を配る男性。

やさしい英語で： A man who pays a great deal of attention to his clothes, appearance, and elegant manners.

• He was a dandy in a silk suit.
• The young dandies wore bright waistcoats.
• A fashionable dandy entered the café with a silver walking stick.

類義語： fop, beau

よく使う表現： well-dressed dandy, fashionable dandy, young dandy

かご、担ぎ椅子

棒につり下げ、人を座らせて運ぶ、覆いのない座席。

やさしい英語で： An open seat hanging from poles, used to carry a person.

• Two porters carried her in a dandy.
• The dandy hung from long wooden poles.
• Travelers used dandies on the steep mountain paths.

類義語： sedan chair, litter

よく使う表現： ride a dandy, carried by dandy, dandy bearers