プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
さる【猿】
I 〔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].
II
1 〔ずるい人〕a sly [wily] person; 〔田舎者〕a yokel，((米口)) a hick
2 〔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