English Dictionary

eager beaver

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌiː.ɡə ˈbiː.və/

名詞

口語 慣用表現

(idiomatic, colloquial) One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner

日本語の意味

何かに取りかかる際に非常に意欲的で、熱心に行動する人 / すぐに行動を起こし、極めて勤勉である姿勢を持つ人 / 積極的にタスクに取り組む、やる気にあふれた人物

The eager beaver raised her hand the moment the teacher asked for volunteers.

先生がボランティアを募ると、やる気満々の生徒はすぐに手を挙げた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, colloquial) One (especially a child) who is very excited or enthusiastic to begin a task; a person who is exceedingly assiduous in an enthusiastic manner

PULASKI: I am unfamiliar with this symbol. DATA: It indicates a genetically engineered biological life-form. PULASKI: About twenty percent of the specimens fall into that category. Some eager beaver at play. DATA: Query: eager beaver? PULASKI: Well in this case, eager beaver refers to some over achieving genetic engineer, who probably because of lack of anything better to do has forced this strain of virus to mutate, just so he can see how bad bad can get.

eager beavers （ plural ）