English Journal 2009年３月号の映画 The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonについての記事からです。
His father (Jason Flemyng) abandons the decrepit baby on the stoop of a home for the elderly, where a member of the staff (Taraji P. Henson) finds and cares for it.
"stoop" はかがむと言う様な意味しか知らないのですが捨て子を置くような場所はたいていの場合出入り口付近なので "stoop" にその様な意味があるか調べます。
OneLook Quick Definitions: small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Dictionary.com: a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch.
推測は当たっていました。めでたしめでたし。
His father (Jason Flemyng) abandons the decrepit baby on the stoop of a home for the elderly, where a member of the staff (Taraji P. Henson) finds and cares for it.
"stoop" はかがむと言う様な意味しか知らないのですが捨て子を置くような場所はたいていの場合出入り口付近なので "stoop" にその様な意味があるか調べます。
OneLook Quick Definitions: small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house
Dictionary.com: a small raised platform, approached by steps and sometimes having a roof and seats, at the entrance of a house; a small porch.
推測は当たっていました。めでたしめでたし。
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