harrowing 復習

日本と同様に、アメリカ中部でも寒波に見舞われ、みぞれや大雨、凍結などで事故が増えています。

Central US Ice Storm Falls Short of Dire Forecasts

Sleet and drizzle glazed swaths of the central U.S. on Sunday, extending icy weather that some meteorologists acknowledged fell short of dire forecasts.

Much of the region remained under an ice storm warning on the eve of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as stretches continued getting pelted by rain, often in areas where temperatures hovered around freezing. A National Weather Service ice storm warning for the Kansas City and St. Louis areas expired Sunday afternoon as temperatures exceeded freezing. An identical warning remained in effect until Monday morning to the north, as the storm pressed into Nebraska and Iowa.

The freeze made roads harrowing. In Kansas near Kansas City, two troopers escaped injury when their vehicles were struck while working a crash along northbound Interstate 635. And in central Nebraska, authorities believe icy conditions contributed to a fiery crash involving two tractor-trailers shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 80, forcing a three-hour closure of 15 miles of Interstate 80. There were no injuries.

The Nebraska State Patrol urged motorists to use extra caution as the freezing rain made several roads dangerous to travel.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/freezing-rain-temperatures-expected-central-us-44788005

今回取り上げる単語は"harrowing"です。

"harrow"には、名詞で「まぐわ」や動詞では「(土)をまぐわでならす」という意味があり、形容詞"harrowed"で「心配そうな、痛々しい」、"harrowing"で「痛ましい、悲惨な」とありました。

LDOCEで確認してみると。"very frightening or shocking and making you feel very upset"

つまり、凍結のため、「道路は滑りやすく運転するのが怖い」という解釈が出来るかと思います。(Akim)

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