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プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)

さる【猿】

&fRoman1;〔動物〕a monkey；〔類人猿〕an ape

猿のような monkeylike; apelike

猿が鳴いている
A monkey is chattering [gibbering].

&fRoman2;

❶〔ずるい人〕a sly [wily] person；〔田舎者〕a yokel，《米口》 a hick

❷〔真似のうまい人〕a mimic; an ape

猿も木から落ちる

((諺)) Even Homer sometimes nods.

猿芝居

a monkey show；〔下手な芝居〕a poorly performed play；〔愚かなたくらみ〕「a stupid [an inept] scheme

猿知恵

shallow cunning

猿真似

indiscriminate imitation; shallow [superficial] imitation; aping ((a person's actions))

猿回し

a monkey trainer; a showman who trains monkeys to do tricks

猿回しの猿
a performing monkey

猿面

猿面の monkey-faced

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