Franklin号での捕鯨を終えた万次郎は結局日本には帰れませんでした。日本に帰る資金を作るために今度はゴールドラッシュに沸くカリフォルニアに行きます。
"Whoever left this spot must have struck it rich," Terry said as he and Manjiro waded into the icy-cold water.
"Gave up, brokenhearted, more like," said a grizzled man downstream, caked head to toe in dried mud.
一攫千金とはかけ離れた現実が待っていたようです。さて、"caked head" が気になるので辞書で "cake" の意味を確認します。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: encrust: caked with dust: shoes caked with dried mud
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out: The men were caked in layers of filth and grime.: boots caked with mud
頭から足先まで泥がこびり付いている感じですね。残念ならが美味しそうではありません。
"Whoever left this spot must have struck it rich," Terry said as he and Manjiro waded into the icy-cold water.
"Gave up, brokenhearted, more like," said a grizzled man downstream, caked head to toe in dried mud.
一攫千金とはかけ離れた現実が待っていたようです。さて、"caked head" が気になるので辞書で "cake" の意味を確認します。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: encrust: caked with dust: shoes caked with dried mud
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to cover something or someone thickly with a substance that then dries out: The men were caked in layers of filth and grime.: boots caked with mud
頭から足先まで泥がこびり付いている感じですね。残念ならが美味しそうではありません。
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