夏とは言えニューイングランドの山中で９歳の少女が何日も野宿するなど、話の設定が信じられませんが、とにかく苦難が続いています。
That night was hot and close, the humid edge of New England's short but sometimes fierce summer.
さて、この "close" はどんな天候でしょうか？ 前後に "hot" と "humid" とあるので "sultry" を連想しますが、どうでしょう？ 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Uncomfortably humid or airless: a close, hazy day: it was very close in the dressing room
・Oxford English Dictionary: used to describe weather or air conditions in which it is difficult to breathe and it is uncomfortably warm: Can I open the window? It's very close in here.
・Macmillan Dictionary: warm and uncomfortable because there does not seem to be enough fresh air
"sultry" の "hot and humid" に対し、"airless" あるいは空気がよどんで新鮮ではない感じを強調している様です。
That night was hot and close, the humid edge of New England's short but sometimes fierce summer.
さて、この "close" はどんな天候でしょうか？ 前後に "hot" と "humid" とあるので "sultry" を連想しますが、どうでしょう？ 辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Uncomfortably humid or airless: a close, hazy day: it was very close in the dressing room
・Oxford English Dictionary: used to describe weather or air conditions in which it is difficult to breathe and it is uncomfortably warm: Can I open the window? It's very close in here.
・Macmillan Dictionary: warm and uncomfortable because there does not seem to be enough fresh air
"sultry" の "hot and humid" に対し、"airless" あるいは空気がよどんで新鮮ではない感じを強調している様です。
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