原文
The shore road was "woodsy and wild and lonesome." On the right hand,
scrub firs, their spirits quite unbroken by long years of tussle with
the gulf winds, grew thickly. On the left were the steep red sandstone
cliffs, so near the track in places that a mare of less steadiness than
the sorrel might have tried the nerves of the people behind her. Down
at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy
coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea,
shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions
flashing silvery in the sunlight.
語彙など
- woodsy:森林を思わせる
- lonesome:孤立した,人里離れた
- scrub:低木の茂み,低木
- tussle:激しい取っ組み合い
- sandstone:砂岩
- cliff:断崖,崖
- mare:雌馬
- steadiness:堅実さ
- sorrel:くり毛の馬
- heaps of:たくさんの
- surf:打ち寄せる波
- cove:入り江,ほら穴
- inlaid:はめ込まれた
- pebble:丸い小石
- jewel:宝石
- shimmer:揺らめく
- soar:急上昇する
- gull:カモメ
- pinion:鳥の羽の先端部,風切り羽
- flash:きらめく