English Dictionary

Pied Piper

IPA（発音記号）

/paɪd ˈpaɪ.pə/

固有名詞

A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a rat-catcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.

日本語の意味

『パイド・パイパー』は、中世の民話に登場する伝説的人物で、ハーメルンの町のネズミ捕りとして雇われたが、報酬が支払われなかったため、笛の音で町の子供たちを誘い出すエピソードに基づく意味を持つ。

The villagers whispered about the Pied Piper every autumn, fearful that his flute might once again call away their children.

村人たちは毎秋、ハーメルンの笛吹き男のことを囁き、その笛が再び子どもたちを連れ去るのではないかと恐れていました。

意味（1）

A folk tale or legend, dating back to the Middle Ages, about a rat-catcher in variegated attire, hired by the German town of Hamelin, who is not paid for his services and retaliates by luring away the local children by playing a flute.

意味（2）

The flute-playing rat-catcher who is the protagonist and title character of this story.