星新一ショートショート『On a Dim Planet』英単語
A Well-Kept Life（星新一ショートショートコレクションVol.1 英語版） (English Edition)
- 作者:星 新一,Shinichi Hoshi
- 発売日: 2014/07/04
- メディア: Kindle版
1. It was as if someone had scattered an infinite number of jewels onto a sheet of black glass and frozen them in place.
2. On this planet, coldness and dusk continued into perpetuity.
3. In the heavy gas that lingered just above the surface of the planet, a hint of something started to squirm.
4. The words dissipated into the thick, gaseous atmosphere.
5. After a few moments, a hoarse voice answered back from not so far away.
6. A rust-colored silhouette fell slowly in the gloom.
7. It made a muffled metallic sound.
8. They say there's no safe place on that planet for people to dump us worn-out robots.
9. They're worried that someone might extract their secrets from the robots on the way to the disassembling plant.
10. They should just throw us into a hot-burning furnace and watch us melt.
11. Their atmosphere is corrosive to metal.
12. The conversation continued in monotonous.
13. It's made of an alloy that doesn't rust as easily as the others.
14. There was a lull in the conversation.
15. I bet this will get my deteriorating body moving again.
16. It managed to stumble a few creaking steps but then fell down again.
17. I'm corroding faster than I thought.
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1. scatter / V move something in different directions
（撒き散らすこと）
in place / Ex right place
（正しい位置、決まった位置）
2. dusk / N the time before night (the time when the sun is setting over the horizon)
（黄昏時）
perpetuity / N the same as forever
（永遠に）
3. linger / V to take a long time until disappearing (the state that something is remaining)
（いつまでも残っている、なかなか消えずにグズグズしている）
hint / N very small amount
（少量）
squirm / V to move side to side in an awkward way, like a worm
（うごめくこと）
4. dissipate / V to steadily disappear or waste (It's similar to "Scatter" but scatter means to make an object move while dissipate means make substance move)
（霧や雲を散らせること、財産を浪費すること）
gaseous / ADJ the state of gas OR the state that the object is informative
（ガス状の、もしくは与えられた情報が実のない様子）
5. hoarse / ADJ having a unique voice which is like having sore throat
（ハスキーな）
6. rust-colored / ADJ a color which is like rust
（錆びた色の）
7. muffle / V to make sound more quiet or less clear
（音を小さくする、消す、鈍くする）
8. worn-out / ADJ the state that something can no longer be used because it's already been damaged by continued use
（使い古された）
9. extract / V to take teeth, information or knowledge out
（抜歯する、情報や知識を引き出す）
10. furnace / N a container which is used to make metal or substance like that burn with very high temperature
（溶鉱炉、かまど）
11. corrosive / ADJ the state that something is rotting by chemical action
（腐食性の）
12. in monotonous / Ex no emotion, like boring
（単調な様子で）
（合金）
14. lull / N a short period of calm before something happens OR V to make someone especially babies feel sleepy OR to make wind or rain calm OR to make pain feel less
（何かが起きる前の静かなひととき、もしくは人、特に赤ちゃんを寝付かせる、もしくは風や雨を和らげる、もしくは痛みを和らげる）
15. deteriorate / V to make something worse
（悪化させる）
16. creaking / V to make a long and high sound when a door or floorboard moves
（ギーギーなる、軋む）
17. corrode / V to be fragile because of rain or water
（雨や水によって腐る）
A Well-Kept Life（星新一ショートショートコレクションVol.1 英語版） (English Edition)
- 作者:星 新一,Shinichi Hoshi
- 発売日: 2014/07/04
- メディア: Kindle版
