Breakfast at Tiffany'sを読み終え、今度は又ノンフィクションを読むことにしました。
FOUR LAWS by Peter Atkinsは熱力学の法則についての本です。序文に早速覚えたい単語がありました。
I hesitated to include the word 'thermodynamics' in the title of this little introduction to this boundlessly important and fascinating aspect of nature, hoping that you would read at least this far, for the word does not suggest a light read. And, indeed, I cannot pretend that it will be a light read. When in due course, however, you emerge from the other end of this slim volume, with your brain more sinewy and exercised.
"sinewy" は発音もチェックする必要がある単語です。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: full of sinews: as a: tough, stringy (sinewy meat) b: strong (sinewy arms): The lion has a sinewy body.
そうか、"sinew" が元の言葉ですか。それなら発音も分かります。
いつも複数の辞書を見ることにしているので今日ももう一つ辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: with strong muscles and little fat: The fighter had a strong, sinewy body.
FOUR LAWS by Peter Atkinsは熱力学の法則についての本です。序文に早速覚えたい単語がありました。
I hesitated to include the word 'thermodynamics' in the title of this little introduction to this boundlessly important and fascinating aspect of nature, hoping that you would read at least this far, for the word does not suggest a light read. And, indeed, I cannot pretend that it will be a light read. When in due course, however, you emerge from the other end of this slim volume, with your brain more sinewy and exercised.
"sinewy" は発音もチェックする必要がある単語です。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: full of sinews: as a: tough, stringy (sinewy meat) b: strong (sinewy arms): The lion has a sinewy body.
そうか、"sinew" が元の言葉ですか。それなら発音も分かります。
いつも複数の辞書を見ることにしているので今日ももう一つ辞書を見ます。
・Cambridge English Dictionary: with strong muscles and little fat: The fighter had a strong, sinewy body.
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