常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

chomp 復習

 サンフランシスコの海岸で海水浴をしていた二人がアシカに噛まれ、怪我を負いました。
2 swimmers in San Francisco bit by sea lions 24 hours apart

Two swimmers were bit by sea lions in San Francisco Bay this week, prompting officials to close a popular water park on Friday.

The sea lion attacks occurred less than 24 hours apart near Aquatic Park Cove in San Francisco, officials said.

The Golden Gate National Recreation Area officials issued a stern warning to swimmers on Twitter: "At this time we recommend AVOID THE AREA SWIM AT YOUR OWN RISK AT AQUATIC PARK."

A follow-up tweet declared that the park was officially shut down to swimmers until public safety agencies could determine a “safety plan regarding sea lion(s).”

Swimmer Christian Einfeldt spoke to ABC News affiliate KGO just before he went into surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He explained how he survived his encounter with a male sea lion.

Einfeldt said he was a quarter mile from shore when a male sea lion started to track him in the water.

He admitted "there was nothing I could do" and the marine animal chomped on his upper right arm.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/swimmers-san-francisco-bit-sea-lions-24-hours/story?id=51818442

 取り上げる単語は"chomp"です。これは"champ"とも表現でき、"champ"はイギリス英語で、"chomp"はくだけた言い方とのことです。"champ"を『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、「(馬が)(はみ、くつわ)を(いらだって)噛む、(人が)…をむしゃむしゃ食う」とありました。LDOCEでは、"to bite food in a noisy way"とありました。したがってここでは、アシカが男性の右腕上部を噛んだことが表現されています。(Akim)

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