Reader's Digest, ９月号のWord Power、ハリウッド映画用語特集にあった問題です。
ハリウッドの映画業界での "squib" の意味は次ぎのどれでしょう？
A: short documentary
B: artificial snow
C: fake gunshot wound
答えはCで、RDにあった例文は：
The twins rigged up squibs, complete with ketchup, under their shirts for the climactic scene.
でした。 辞書にこのような用例があるか調べてみます。
・Movie Terminology Glossary: A small explosive device, which - when detonated - will simulate the effect of a bullet/puncture wound or small explosion. When worn by actors, they typically include a container of blood which bursts upon detonation
普通の辞書に載っている "squib" の意味でハリウッド用語に近いのは次ぎのような意味です：
・Dictionary.com: 1) a small firework, consisting of a tube or ball filled with powder, that burns with a hissing noise terminated usually by a slight explosion. 2) a firecracker broken in the middle so that it burns with a hissing noise but does not explode.
上記は名詞としての意味ですが、 "squib" は動詞（to explode with a small, sharp sound.）としても使われます。
ハリウッドの映画業界での "squib" の意味は次ぎのどれでしょう？
A: short documentary
B: artificial snow
C: fake gunshot wound
答えはCで、RDにあった例文は：
The twins rigged up squibs, complete with ketchup, under their shirts for the climactic scene.
でした。 辞書にこのような用例があるか調べてみます。
・Movie Terminology Glossary: A small explosive device, which - when detonated - will simulate the effect of a bullet/puncture wound or small explosion. When worn by actors, they typically include a container of blood which bursts upon detonation
普通の辞書に載っている "squib" の意味でハリウッド用語に近いのは次ぎのような意味です：
・Dictionary.com: 1) a small firework, consisting of a tube or ball filled with powder, that burns with a hissing noise terminated usually by a slight explosion. 2) a firecracker broken in the middle so that it burns with a hissing noise but does not explode.
上記は名詞としての意味ですが、 "squib" は動詞（to explode with a small, sharp sound.）としても使われます。
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Truthfully, I've never seen the word squib used like that before, but I've never actually been on a movie set either. In fact, the first and only thing that came to mind was Harry Potter. I probably would've never learned the true meaning of squib if it weren't for this site.
As a fellow language learner, I love what you're doing with this blog! アメリカ人の私にも勉強になりました。
毎日の丁寧な更新、お疲れさまです。
When it comes to English, I think that I am an eternal novice of English learner.
Because there are so many English words and expressions which I don't know, and there are so many English words which I want to memorize. And that's why I have always something to write about.
By the way, this site, EEL, is a sort of backup site for me. My major blog site is named English Collection at http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827. Though I post a same topic to both sites, I recommend you to visit my major site, English Collection at http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827, where I can put on pictures easily. I started posting my notes on Feb. 6, 2007. So there are more than eight hundred topics I wrote. You can access to my old topics easily from my major site as there are summaries of my English collections.
Thank you again and I always welcom your comment.