<Pippi in the South Seas> 단어,표현

English/Eng. Book Review 14. 5. 5

It was a long and cold winter which seemed as if it would never end.

길고도 추운 겨울이었다 마치 끝나지 않을것처럼


The crowd surged forward when the gangway was lowerd.    ......

King Ephraim, dressed in his blue corduroy suit, strode majestically down the gangway, .....

삐삐, 삐삐친구, 아빠, 선원들이  삐삐동네에서 배로 출발해서 삐삐아빠가 추장으로 있는 섬의 항구에 다다른 후의 광경입니다.

* surge

* gangway

- a flat board or metal structure that can be put in place between a ship and land to let people get off or on the ship
used to warn a crowd of people to move apart and form a passage because someone or something is coming through
- used to tell people in a crowd to let someone go through

(BrE) a passage between rows of seats in a theatre, an aircraft, etc.
   Compare: AISLE
a bridge placed between the side of a ship and the shore so people can get on and off

( Longman dict. : Origin: gang 'going, way' ( GANG1) + way  )

e.g) Gangway!   Gangway, please!

* stride

noun

[count] a long confident step:
In three strides he had crossed the room.
a. [singular] a way of walking with long steps:
an easy stride
b. [count] the distance you go in one long step:
The horse was within strides of the finish line.


verb [intransitive]  (  - strode - stridden )

stride across/onto/up/down to walk with energy and confidence:


* scramble

▸ 1 climb with difficulty
▸ 2 compete to achieve something
▸ 3 mix and cook egg
▸ 4 change electronic signal
▸ 5 take off in aircraft

1번의 뜻으로 사용된 문장이 있는데요.

여러개의 뜻들이... 이런 느낌이군요.  서로 경쟁하며 한 곳으로 달려가는 느낌. 그러니 힘들기도 하고, 서로 엉키기도 하고....


Desperately he grabbed hold of any ...  

해적 한 놈이 삐삐와 친구들이 있는 동굴로 올라가려고 하는 부분입니다.

* desperately 

여기에선 '필사적으로'의 느낌인데, 사전을 보니 다른 뜻들도 있네요.


* jolly 

여러뜻이 있는데 책에선 'very' 의 뜻으로 쓰였네요

very  adv BrE old-fashioned informal

Sounds like a jolly good idea to me.