ひょっこり

プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

ひょっこり

❶〔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.

❷〔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.

出典　小学館「プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)」