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ENGLISH−ENGLISH DICTIONARY
英英辞書
以下は、ある英語の英語による定義です。
それぞれに相当する日本語を書きましょう。
○の数字がポイントです。
@ waist ( )
the part in the middle of your body, just above the hips
A giraffe ( )
a tall African animal with a very long neck and legs and dark spots on its yellow-brown fur
B dandelion ( )
a wild plant with a small bright yellow flower, which later becomes a white ball of seeds that are blown away in the wind
C fingerprint ( )
the mark made by the pattern of lines at the end of a person’s finger
D amphibian ( )
an animal, such as a frog, that lives in water for the first part of its life and on land when it is an adult
E Mediterranean Sea ( )
the sea that is surrounded by the countries of southern Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East
F xylophone ( )
a musical instrument which consists of a set of wooden bars of different lengths of bars that you hit with a special stick
G dialect ( )
a form of a language that is spoken in one area which is different from the way it is spoken in other areas
H superstition ( )
a belief that some objects or actions are lucky and some are unlucky or cause particular results, based on old ideas of magic
I caesarean section ( )
an operation in which a woman’s body is cut open to take a baby out
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