土曜日のサントリーとヤマハのラグビーの試合は接戦で良い試合でしたね。両チームに拍手。
さて、Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stoneを読んでいます。HarryはQuidditchと言うゲームの選手として練習をすることになりました。
Harry had a lot of trouble keeping his mind on his lessons that day.
'I have that problem all the time,' said George seriously.
It kept wandering up to the dormitory where his new broomstick was lying under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he'd be learning to play that night.
He bolted his dinner that evening without noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap the Nimbus Two Thousand at last.
上に出てきた "bolt" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: (often bolt something down) [with object] Eat or swallow (food) quickly.: ‘it is normal for puppies to bolt down their food’
・Collins Dictionary: If you bolt your food, you eat it so quickly that you hardly chew it or taste it.: Being under stress can cause you to miss meals, eat on the move, or bolt your food.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: (also bolt down) to eat food very quickly: Don't bolt your food like that - you'll get indigestion.