プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ひょっこり【ひょっこり】
1 〔思いがけず〕unexpectedly
- ある日彼がひょっこり訪ねて来た
One day I received [had] an unexpected visit from him.／One day he called on us unexpectedly. - 彼は今朝事務所にひょっこり顔を出したよ
He popped in at my office this morning.
2 〔偶然に〕by chance
- 駅で彼にひょっこり出会った
I 「happened to meet [bumped into／ran into] him at the station. - その本は古本屋でひょっこり見付けたのです
I found the book by chance at a secondhand bookstore.