English Dictionary

oranges and lemons

名詞

不可算名詞

A traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.

日本語の意味

イギリスの伝統的な子供の遊びの名称。子供たちが二人一組となり、他の子供たちが握った手で作るアーチの下を交互にくぐりながら、詩を詠唱する遊び。 / アーチが閉じた際に、その場に居合わせた子供が交代で次のアーチを形成する形式の遊び。

At the village fair, the children gathered to play oranges and lemons, singing the old rhyme as they passed under the clasped hands.

村の祭りで、子どもたちは手を組んで作ったアーチの下を二人ずつくぐりながら童謡を唱える、伝統的なイギリスの子どもの遊びをして集まった。

意味（1）

A traditional English children's game, in which a rhyme is chanted as the players file, in pairs, through an arch formed by two other players' clasped hands. Those caught when the hands descend then form another adjacent arch.