Ringに出てきた空や風の表現が気になりました。
The skies had been clear down in Odawara, but the higher he climbed, the moister the air, and as he neared the pass he'd encountered several pockets of wind and rain.
空は一つしかないと思っていましたが、複数形の "skies" が使われています。辞書で "sky" を見るとこんな説明がありました。
・Macmillan Dictionary: [usually plural] used for talking about the weather: clear/cloudy skies: Tomorrow we expect clear skies in the morning, with rain in the afternoon.
気象に関する空は複数形が普通なのですか、今まで気が付きませんでした。
さて、後半に出てきた "pockets of wind" の "pockets" は何でしょうか?
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a group, area, or mass of something that is separate and different from what surrounds it: Among the staff there are some pockets of resistance to the planned changes (= some small groups of them are opposed).: The pilot said that we were going to encounter a pocket of turbulence (= an area of violently moving air).
・Macmillan Dictionary: a small area which has a particular quality that makes it different from the areas around it: pocket of: There are still pockets of resistance to the government forces.
"pocket" にこう言う使い方があるのですね。
久し振りに旅行に出かけるので10日ほどブログをお休みします。
皆様も良いお年をお迎えください。
The skies had been clear down in Odawara, but the higher he climbed, the moister the air, and as he neared the pass he'd encountered several pockets of wind and rain.
空は一つしかないと思っていましたが、複数形の "skies" が使われています。辞書で "sky" を見るとこんな説明がありました。
・Macmillan Dictionary: [usually plural] used for talking about the weather: clear/cloudy skies: Tomorrow we expect clear skies in the morning, with rain in the afternoon.
気象に関する空は複数形が普通なのですか、今まで気が付きませんでした。
さて、後半に出てきた "pockets of wind" の "pockets" は何でしょうか?
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a group, area, or mass of something that is separate and different from what surrounds it: Among the staff there are some pockets of resistance to the planned changes (= some small groups of them are opposed).: The pilot said that we were going to encounter a pocket of turbulence (= an area of violently moving air).
・Macmillan Dictionary: a small area which has a particular quality that makes it different from the areas around it: pocket of: There are still pockets of resistance to the government forces.
"pocket" にこう言う使い方があるのですね。
久し振りに旅行に出かけるので10日ほどブログをお休みします。
皆様も良いお年をお迎えください。