Yoko Ogawaの "Hotel Irish"を読んでいます。
ロシア語の翻訳をしている老人が現在翻訳中の小説に出てくるMarieについて語っているところです。
"She has finally met the riding master. They are embracing in a corner of the stable. He has his riding crop in his hand. A horse whinnies softly, shaking its halter. Straw rustles at their feet A ray of sunlight cuts through the darkness, and then they..."
馬小屋にいるので、"riding crop" も "halter" も乗馬や馬に関する言葉ですね。（脱線しますが、馬小屋を指す "stable" は相撲部屋の意味でも使われますね。）まず "riding crop" を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: a short whip with a thong at one end and a handle for opening gates at the other: He wore a tweed jacket, riding breeches, boots, and a silk scarf at his throat, and he carried a riding crop.
次に "halter" を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: A halter is a piece of leather or rope that is fastened round the head of a horse so that it can be led easily.: He grabbed the front ox by the halter and yanked hard at it.
この後、突然老人は豹変します。
ロシア語の翻訳をしている老人が現在翻訳中の小説に出てくるMarieについて語っているところです。
"She has finally met the riding master. They are embracing in a corner of the stable. He has his riding crop in his hand. A horse whinnies softly, shaking its halter. Straw rustles at their feet A ray of sunlight cuts through the darkness, and then they..."
馬小屋にいるので、"riding crop" も "halter" も乗馬や馬に関する言葉ですね。（脱線しますが、馬小屋を指す "stable" は相撲部屋の意味でも使われますね。）まず "riding crop" を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: a short whip with a thong at one end and a handle for opening gates at the other: He wore a tweed jacket, riding breeches, boots, and a silk scarf at his throat, and he carried a riding crop.
次に "halter" を調べます。
・Collins Dictionary: A halter is a piece of leather or rope that is fastened round the head of a horse so that it can be led easily.: He grabbed the front ox by the halter and yanked hard at it.
この後、突然老人は豹変します。
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