weasel

イタチ

細長い体、短い脚、柔らかい毛を持つ小型の肉食動物。

やさしい英語で： A small meat-eating animal with a long thin body, short legs, and soft fur.

• A weasel ran across the path.
• Weasels hunt mice and other small animals.
• The farmer found a weasel near the chicken shed.

よく使う表現： wild weasel, weasel fur, weasel hunts mice

卑怯者、ずるい奴

不誠実に振る舞い、信用できない人。

やさしい英語で： A person who behaves dishonestly and cannot be trusted.

• That weasel lied to us.
• Don't trust him; he's a sneaky weasel.
• She called the man a weasel after he betrayed her.

類義語： rat, sneak

よく使う表現： little weasel, sneaky weasel, lying weasel

イイズナ

細長い体を持つイタチの最小種。普通は背中が茶色で腹が白い。

やさしい英語で： The smallest kind of this long, thin hunting animal, usually brown above and white underneath.

• The least weasel hunts small rodents.
• This weasel weighs less than most other members of its family.
• Scientists studied the weasel population in the grassland.

類義語： least weasel, common weasel

よく使う表現： least weasel, weasel population, weasel habitat