「Cambridge IELTS 13」Reading Test3-2『How baby talk gives infant brains a boost』(p.64)の単語・フレーズをまとめました。
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Reading Test 1 Passage 1:Case Study: Tourism New Zealand website
- exaggerated
adjective
UK /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.tɪd/ US /ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/
seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it really is:
1 誇張された, 大げさな
2 わざとらしい, これ見よがしな - repetitious
adjective
US /ˌrep·ɪˈtɪʃ·əs/
filled with unnecessary and boring things expressed or happening in the same way many times:
繰り返しの多い, くどい
(実践IELTS英単語3500:2682) - fascination
noun [ S or U ]
UK /ˌfæs.ənˈeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌfæs.ənˈeɪ.ʃən/
the fact of finding someone or something fascinating:
1 《U, a/the ~》 魅了
2 《U, a/the ~》 魅力
3 《C》 魅力的なもの
(実践IELTS英単語3500:1992) - linguist
noun [ C ] LANGUAGE, EDUCATION
UK /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwɪst/ US /ˈlɪŋ.ɡwɪst/
someone who studies foreign languages or can speak them very well, or someone who teaches or studies linguistics
1 諸外国語に通じた人, 言語通
2 言語学者
(実践IELTS英単語3500:2005) - womb
noun [ C ] old-fashioned in US
UK /wuːm/ US /wuːm/
the organ in the body of a woman or other female mammal in which a baby develops before birth:
子宮
in the womb
胎児期に
(実践IELTS英単語3500:2723) - prompting
noun [ C or U ]
UK /ˈprɒmp.tɪŋ/ US /ˈprɑːmp.tɪŋ/
the act of trying to make someone say something:
《C, U》 (人に行動などを) 促すこと, 思い出させること, 後押し - belly
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈbel.i/ US /ˈbel.i/
・the stomach or the front part of the body between your chest and your legs:
・the rounded or curved part of an object:
1 《C》 腹, 胃, おなか
2 《C》 (人間の) 腹部
同意 abdomen
3 《C》 (動物の) 腹部
4 《U》 belly of pork / pork belly
5 《C》 (船・飛行機の) 胴体の下側
6 《C》 (バイオリンなどの楽器の) 胴 - exposure
noun
UK /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒər/ US /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/
・the fact of experiencing something or being affected by it because of being in a particular situation or place:
・the fact of something bad that someone has done being made public]:
・the fact of an event or information being often discussed in newspapers and on the television, etc.:
・a serious medical condition that is caused by being outside in very cold weather:
・a single photograph on a piece of film, or the amount of time a piece of film is open to the light when making a photograph:
・the direction in which something faces:
1 《U》 (日光・危険などに) さらす[さらされる]こと
2 exposure to something
<異文化など>に触れること
3 《U》 (秘密・悪事などの) 発覚, 露見
4 《U》 (マスコミなどによる) 注目, 関心
5 《U》 (極寒による) 低体温
6 《C》 (フィルムの) 1こま
7 《C》 (写真の) 露出, 露光(時間)
8 《常に単数形で》 (建物・部屋などの) 向き
9 exposure of something
<…>の公開
10 exposure to something
〘専門〙 (企業の) <…>に対する損害賠償責任度 - absurd
adjective
UK /əbˈsɜːd/ US /əbˈsɝːd/
stupid and unreasonable, or silly in a humorous way:
ばかげた, 途方もない
(実践IELTS英単語3500:1711) - repertoire
noun [ C ]
UK /ˈrep.ə.twɑːr/ US /ˈrep.ɚ.twɑːr/
all the music or plays, etc. that you can do or perform or that you know:
1 レパートリー, 上演目録, 演奏曲目
2 (得意分野としての) レパートリー, 持ちごま
(実践IELTS英単語3500:2644) - cue
noun [ C ]
UK /kjuː/ US /kjuː/
・a word or action in a play or film that is used as a signal by a performer to begin saying or doing something
・a signal for someone to do something:
・If something happens on cue, it happens just after someone has said or thought it would happen:
・to take notice of someone’s words or behaviour so that you know what you should do:
・a long, thin wooden pole with a small piece of leather at one end, used for hitting the ball in games such as billiards or snooker
1 Image of cue(ある行動を触発する) 合図, 手がかり, きっかけ
2 (演劇・映画などで) キュー, 合図
3 (ビリヤードなどの) キュー, 突き棒
(実践IELTS英単語3500:1849) - induce
verb formal
UK /ɪnˈdʒuːs/ US /ɪnˈduːs/
・to persuade someone to do something:
・to cause something to happen:
・to use a drug to make a pregnant woman start giving birth:
1 〘フォーマル〙 induce somebody to do something
<人>を<…>する気にさせる, <…>するようにしむける
2 〘フォーマル〙 <病気・不安など> を引き起こす, 誘発する
3 (陣痛誘発剤を投与して) <妊婦> に出産させる, <胎児> の出産を誘発する, <出産・分娩ぶんべん> を誘発する
(実践IELTS英単語3500:2186)