terrier

テリア

元は地中の小動物を狩るために飼われた、活発で多くは小型の犬。

やさしい英語で： A lively type of dog, usually small, originally used to hunt small animals living underground.

• Our terrier loves long walks.
• Two terriers chased each other around the garden.
• She adopted a lively terrier from the shelter.

よく使う表現： small terrier, terrier puppy, terrier breed

粘り強い人

努力を続け、簡単には諦めない人。

やさしい英語で： Someone who keeps trying hard and refuses to give up.

• That reporter is a real terrier.
• The lawyer was a terrier when questioning witnesses.
• Once she starts investigating, she is an absolute terrier.

よく使う表現： little terrier, real terrier

土地台帳

土地の広さや境界、所有者などを記した古い台帳。

やさしい英語で： An old written record describing land, its size, its boundaries, and who owns it.

• The terrier lists the church's land.
• A seventeenth-century terrier describes the estate boundaries.
• Historians compared two terriers to trace changes in ownership.

類義語： land register

よく使う表現： parish terrier, estate terrier, land terrier

錐、穴あけ工具

物に穴をあけるための道具。

やさしい英語で： A tool used to make holes.

• He used a terrier to make the hole.
• The carpenter turned the terrier slowly.
• An old terrier lay among the workshop tools.

類義語： auger, borer

よく使う表現： use a terrier, terrier tool