wasp
US /wɑːsp/
UK /wɑːsp/
名詞
1.
スズメバチ
a social winged insect which has a narrow waist and a sting and is typically yellow with black stripes. Unlike bees, wasps do not produce honey.
例:
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A wasp stung me on the arm.
スズメバチが腕を刺した。
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There's a wasp nest under the eaves.
軒下にスズメバチの巣がある。
2.
WASP
(informal, often offensive) a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant, typically a member of the American upper or upper-middle class.
例:
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The old money families in that town are mostly WASPs.
その町の旧家はほとんどがWASPだ。
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He came from a privileged WASP background.
彼は特権的なWASPの出自だった。
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