プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
ま【魔】
1 〔悪神，悪魔〕a demon; a devil
2 〔悪いことを起こすもの〕
- 魔の海峡
a channel where disasters 「are apt to happen [occur frequently] - 魔の交差点
a dangerous crossroads／a crossroads where many accidents have happened - 誘惑の魔の手が彼女に忍び寄っている
She is about to fall a victim to temptation. - 魔が差す
- あんなことを言うなんて魔がさしたとしか思えない
I must have been possessed by some evil spirit to have said such a thing.／I can't imagine what made me say such a thing.
－ま【－魔】
- 通り魔〔殺人者〕
an attacker who injures [kills] people he passes in the street - 放火魔
an incendiary maniac／((米口)) a firebug - 電話魔〔やたらに電話する人〕
a telephone addict／((口)) a phone freak／((口)) a person with telephonitis