whim

気まぐれ、思いつき

はっきりした理由や深い考えもなく、急に何かをしたくなること。

やさしい英語で： A sudden wish to do something, without a clear reason or much thought.

• I bought the hat on a whim.
• Her latest whim is to learn the violin.
• We cannot change our plans at his every whim.

類義語： impulse, fancy

よく使う表現： on a whim, passing whim, at someone’s whim

巻き上げ機

馬や蒸気の力で回り、鉱山から資材を引き上げる大型機械。

やさしい英語で： A large turning machine, powered by horses or steam, that lifts material from a mine.

• A horse powered the whim.
• The miners used a whim to raise buckets of ore.
• The old whim stood beside the mine shaft.

類義語： winding engine

よく使う表現： horse whim, steam whim, whim drum

ヒドリガモ

ヨーロッパやアジアに生息するカモの一種。

やさしい英語で： A kind of duck found across Europe and Asia.

• A whim landed on the pond.
• The hunter pointed out a male whim among the ducks.
• Several whim fed at the edge of the marsh.

類義語： Eurasian wigeon, wigeon

よく使う表現： a male whim, flock of whim