Reader's Digest 6月号の記事 "The Teacher Who Wrestled A Cougar" からの引用です。
Now the cougar could see the funny little creatures that had been making all the noise. These were perfect prey: small, wiggly, and oblivious.
ピクニックに来ていた子供達(the funny little creatures)の様子をクーガーがうかがっている場面です。
"oblivious" は "oblivion" と関係がある単語の様ですが、 "oblivion" は忘却としか覚えていないので、ここでの意味が分かりません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.: she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time
・Collins English Dictionary: If you are oblivious to something or oblivious of it, you are not aware of it.: She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you: Absorbed in her work, she was totally oblivious of her surroundings.
Now the cougar could see the funny little creatures that had been making all the noise. These were perfect prey: small, wiggly, and oblivious.
ピクニックに来ていた子供達(the funny little creatures)の様子をクーガーがうかがっている場面です。
"oblivious" は "oblivion" と関係がある単語の様ですが、 "oblivion" は忘却としか覚えていないので、ここでの意味が分かりません。辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Not aware of or not concerned about what is happening around one.: she became absorbed, oblivious to the passage of time
・Collins English Dictionary: If you are oblivious to something or oblivious of it, you are not aware of it.: She lay motionless where she was, oblivious to pain.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: not conscious of something, especially what is happening around you: Absorbed in her work, she was totally oblivious of her surroundings.