English Dictionary

Groundhog Day

固有名詞

An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow.

日本語の意味

グラウンドホッグ・デイ：毎年2月2日にカナダとアメリカで開催され、特定のグラウンドホッグ（地中げたげっ歯類）が自身の影を見えるか否かによって春の訪れを予測する祭り

Every year our town hosts a small celebration on Groundhog Day to see whether the groundhog will see its shadow and predict the coming of spring.

毎年私たちの町では、マーモットが影の有無で春の到来を予測する2月2日の行事を小さな祝典で催します。

意味（1）

An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow.

The prominence of the groundhog as a popular figure in the country lore of the Eastern States is shown by his having been given a place with the Saints on the calendar, February 2 being widely known as Groundhog Day. It is claimed that on this date the groundhog wakes from his long winter sleep and appears at the mouth of his burrow to look about and survey the weather. If the sun shines so that he can see his shadow, bad weather is indicated and he retires to resume his sleep for another six weeks. Otherwise, the winter is broken and mild weather is predicted. Even on the outskirts of Washington some of the countrymen still appraise the character of the coming spring by the weather on Groundhog Day.