Before I Say Good-Byeを読んでいます。
“What has oozing charm got to do with our snooping around in Winifred’s apartment?” Mac asked as they stepped off the elevator. “Come on, Nell. We used to be honest with each other. You’re not a Girl Scout doing a good deed. If there was bribery going on at Walters and Arsdale, you’re hoping to find something that will tie Winifred to the problem and leave Adam as clean as the driven snow.”
"as clean as the driven snow" は「～雪の様にきれい」の意味だろうと推測しますが、"driven snow" が分かりません。"driven snow" でOnelook検索すると、次の辞書しかリストされませんでした。
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms: (meteorology)Snow which has been moved by wind and collected into snowdrifts.
なるほど意味は分かりました。"driven" で辞書を引き直すとほとんどの辞書に "driven" の説明があります。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (of snow) piled into drifts or made smooth by the wind.: figurative ‘she was as pure as the driven snow’
・Collins Dictionary: moved along and piled up by the wind: ・driven snow
雪国ではない東京に住んでいるので、"driven snow" では残念ながらせいぜい泥で汚れた "snowdrifts" しか連想できません。
“What has oozing charm got to do with our snooping around in Winifred’s apartment?” Mac asked as they stepped off the elevator. “Come on, Nell. We used to be honest with each other. You’re not a Girl Scout doing a good deed. If there was bribery going on at Walters and Arsdale, you’re hoping to find something that will tie Winifred to the problem and leave Adam as clean as the driven snow.”
"as clean as the driven snow" は「～雪の様にきれい」の意味だろうと推測しますが、"driven snow" が分かりません。"driven snow" でOnelook検索すると、次の辞書しかリストされませんでした。
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms: (meteorology)Snow which has been moved by wind and collected into snowdrifts.
なるほど意味は分かりました。"driven" で辞書を引き直すとほとんどの辞書に "driven" の説明があります。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (of snow) piled into drifts or made smooth by the wind.: figurative ‘she was as pure as the driven snow’
・Collins Dictionary: moved along and piled up by the wind: ・driven snow
雪国ではない東京に住んでいるので、"driven snow" では残念ながらせいぜい泥で汚れた "snowdrifts" しか連想できません。
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