Salman Rushdieの小説 "Midnight's Children" を読んでいます。
'Okay,' said Masha Miovie, 'But don't try any smooching.'
Saleem takes the floor with Masha Miovie, swearing not to smooch. Saleem and Masha, doing the Mexican Hat; Masha and Saleem, box-stepping with the best of them! I allow my face to adopt a superior expression; you see, you don't have to be a perfect to get a girl!...The dance ended; and, still on top of my wave of elation, I said, 'Would you care for a stroll, you know, in the quad?'
"quad" は４と関係があると思いますが、"in the quad" では何処になるのでしょうか？ "quad" を辞書で見ると次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A quadrangle.: students greeted him as he walked through the quad
・Collins Dictionary: A quad is the same as a quadrangle.: His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a square or rectangular outside area with buildings on all four sides, often part of the land of a college or university
ヨーロッパの建物によくある中庭ですね。そう言えば形は４角ですね。
'Okay,' said Masha Miovie, 'But don't try any smooching.'
Saleem takes the floor with Masha Miovie, swearing not to smooch. Saleem and Masha, doing the Mexican Hat; Masha and Saleem, box-stepping with the best of them! I allow my face to adopt a superior expression; you see, you don't have to be a perfect to get a girl!...The dance ended; and, still on top of my wave of elation, I said, 'Would you care for a stroll, you know, in the quad?'
"quad" は４と関係があると思いますが、"in the quad" では何処になるのでしょうか？ "quad" を辞書で見ると次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A quadrangle.: students greeted him as he walked through the quad
・Collins Dictionary: A quad is the same as a quadrangle.: His rooms were on the left-hand side of the quad.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: a square or rectangular outside area with buildings on all four sides, often part of the land of a college or university
ヨーロッパの建物によくある中庭ですね。そう言えば形は４角ですね。
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