O. Henryの短編小説 "Madam Bo-Peep, of the Ranches" を読んでいます。
Came the long, hot season from May to September, when work is scarce on the ranches. Octavia passed the days in a kind of lotus eater's dream. Books, a hammocks, correspondence with a few intimate friends, a renewed interest in her old water-colour box and easel--these disposed of the sultry hours of daylight.
"lotus eater's dream" の意味を調べます。 辞書には "lotus-eaters" 又は "lotus-eater" の項目で次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns.: life as a lotus eater in sunny climes appears to be well and truly over
・Collins Dictionary: Greek mythology: one of a people encountered by Odysseus in North Africa who lived in indolent forgetfulness, drugged by the fruit of the legendary lotus
・Dictionary.com: a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.
ギリシャ神話から来た表現なのですね。
Came the long, hot season from May to September, when work is scarce on the ranches. Octavia passed the days in a kind of lotus eater's dream. Books, a hammocks, correspondence with a few intimate friends, a renewed interest in her old water-colour box and easel--these disposed of the sultry hours of daylight.
"lotus eater's dream" の意味を調べます。 辞書には "lotus-eaters" 又は "lotus-eater" の項目で次の説明がありました。
・Oxford English Dictionary: A person who spends their time indulging in pleasure and luxury rather than dealing with practical concerns.: life as a lotus eater in sunny climes appears to be well and truly over
・Collins Dictionary: Greek mythology: one of a people encountered by Odysseus in North Africa who lived in indolent forgetfulness, drugged by the fruit of the legendary lotus
・Dictionary.com: a person who leads a life of dreamy, indolent ease, indifferent to the busy world; daydreamer.
ギリシャ神話から来た表現なのですね。
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