Hot Words No.60
Air
発音：
- [έər]
- 意味：
- 雰囲気
- External appearance
- 例文1：
- The actress has an air of elegant serenity.
- 例文2：
- This whole story has an air of mystery.
Brawl
発音：
- [brɔ́ːl]
- 意味：
- 公の場でのうるさい喧嘩
- A noisy battle or quarrel in public
- 例文1：
- The fans of the two opposing teams had a braw after the game.
- 例文2：
- They are having a brawl over something rather trivial.
Embed
発音：
- [imbéd]
- 意味：
- 何かに根強く植え付ける
- To put something firmly in something else
- 例文1：
- Sensitivity for others’ feelings became embedded in my personality after that experience.
- 例文2：
- Boredom was embedded in the fabric of their work.
Flushed
発音：
- [flʌ́ʃt]
- 意味：
- 興奮した、強い感情で顔が赤くなった
- Excited; red in the face with strong emotions
- 例文1：
- The boy was flushed with pleasure when he saw the new toy.
- 例文2：
- She stood there with a flushed face.
Geared to or for
発音：
- [ɡíərd tə/fɔ́ːr]
- 意味：
- 何らかの目的の為にアレンジ・構成された
- To be arranged and structured for a given purpose
- 例文1：
- All the bus seats are geared to mid-size people.
- 例文2：
- Our university has a program geared for students with high English proficiency.
Head
発音：
- [héd]
- 意味：
- 範疇、部類
- Category
- 例文1：
- He didn’t think that taking the ring from his wife would come under the head of theft.
- 例文2：
- In a broad sense, religion comes under the head of philosophy.
Invoke
発音：
- [invóuk]
- 意味：
- 法や宗教など外部要因に訴えて自分の行動や見解を正当化する、権威に頼って支持を得ようとする、ある感情やイメージを心に呼び起こす
- To justify one’s act or view by appealing to something else such as the law and religion; to seek support from a higher authority; to cause a certain feeling or image to appear in others’ minds
- 例文1：
- The protester invoked the Fifth Amendment when the police questioned her.
- 例文2：
- The authoritarian regime invoked a familiar enemy to get the citizens’ support.
- 例文3：
- The ancients invoked gods to explain the processes of nature.
- 例文4：
- This story by Kawabata invokes powerful nostalgia about the Showa period.
Lather
発音：
- [lǽðər]
- 意味：
- 奮起した結果の泡立ち、精神的に興奮したりストレスを感じている状態
- Froth or foam from exerting and sweating; a state of mental agitation and stress
- 例文1：
- The horse was all of a lather and panting after the race.
- 例文2：
- I was so worried and upset about her e-mail that I worked myself into a lather.
