Weather & Nature

Talking about rain, sunshine, and the great outdoors

はじめに

イギリスの天気への執着は伝説的——しかも当然の理由があります。一日で四季を体験できる国では、天気の話は実用的な必要性であり、社交の儀式でもあるんです。「Lovely day, isn't it?（いい天気ですね）」はただの観察じゃなく、つながりへの誘い。

英語圏の国にはそれぞれ天気との独自の関係があります。オーストラリア人はイギリス人が首をかしげるような暑さの表現を生み出したし、アイルランド人は雨に対する諦めの詩情を発展させた。竜巻地帯のアメリカ人は生き残りのための語彙を持っています。

この章では、英語のバリエーション別に天気と自然の言葉を探ります——イギリスの小雨からオーストラリアの灼熱、アイルランドのしっとりした日からアメリカの猛吹雪まで。

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この章の英語スラング一覧（63）

• Raining cats and dogs Raining very heavily
• Stifling Oppressively hot and airless
• Nippy Cold and biting (British)
• Parky Cold (British)
• Brass monkeys Extremely cold (British)
• Lovely day A pleasant day (British weather chat)
• Nice weather for ducks Rainy weather (British humour)
• Soft day A mild, drizzly day (Irish)
• Blustery Very windy with gusts
• Overcast Covered in clouds
• Crisp Cold, fresh, and clear
• Sunny spell A short period of sunshine
• Clearing up Weather improving, clouds moving away
• Turning Weather changing (British)
• Pelting Rain falling hard
• Bitter Very cold (biting cold)
• Balmy Pleasantly warm
• Scorching Extremely hot
• Freezing Very cold
• Thaw Warming up, ice/snow melting
• Blowing a gale Extremely windy
• Hotting up Getting hotter (British)
• Mild Pleasantly warm, not extreme
• Dreich Grey, damp, dreary (Scottish)
• Heatwave A period of unusually hot weather
• Cold snap A sudden period of cold weather
• Pea-souper A very thick fog, especially a yellowish smog.
• Bright and breezy Pleasant weather with sunshine and a light wind; also describes a cheerful, l...
• Coming down in stair-rods Raining extremely heavily, with rain falling in thick, straight lines.
• A bit fresh British understatement meaning it's quite cold.
• Chucking It Down Raining heavily.
• Bucketing Down Raining very heavily.
• Tipping Down Raining heavily.
• Lashing Down Raining heavily and driving.
• Spitting Light rain, drizzle.
• Drizzle Light, fine rain.
• Scorcher A very hot day.
• Roasting Very hot.
• Sweltering Uncomfortably hot and humid.
• Muggy Warm and humid.
• Close Humid and stuffy.
• Biting Cold Extremely cold.
• Bitter Cold Extremely cold and unpleasant.
• Blowing a Hoolie Extremely windy.
• Clouding Over Becoming cloudy.
• Brightening Up Clearing, becoming sunny.
• Glorious Beautiful weather.
• Gorgeous Weather Beautiful weather.
• Changeable Weather that keeps changing.
• Unsettled Unpredictable, potentially rainy weather.
• Turned Out Nice The weather improved.
• Four Seasons in One Day Rapidly changing weather.
• Dreary Dull, grey, depressing weather.
• Dismal Gloomy, depressing weather.
• Miserable Unpleasant, depressing weather.
• Foul Very bad weather.
• Seasonal Normal for the time of year.
• Indian Summer Warm weather in autumn.
• Wintry Cold, with potential snow.
• throwing it down raining heavily
• not a single flake no snow at all
• white Christmas Christmas with snow
• spell period of particular weather