English Dictionary

Jack in the green

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A person who wore a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework decorated with foliage, as part of May Day processions in England.

日本語の意味

「ジャック・イン・ザ・グリーン」とは、イギリスの伝統行事であるメイデーの行列において、葉や枝で装飾されたピラミッド型または円錐形の柳や木製の構造物を身に着ける、歴史的な役割を持った人物を指す。

At the May Day parade, a towering Jack in the green emerged from the crowd, branches rustling with every step.

メイデーのパレードで、群衆の中から背の高い、葉で覆われた円錐形の柳細工の骨組みを身に着けた男が現れ、歩くたびに枝がざわめいた。

意味（1）

(historical) A person who wore a pyramidal or conical wicker or wooden framework decorated with foliage, as part of May Day processions in England.

Mr Merdle took down a countess who was secluded somewhere in the core of an immense dress, to which she was in the proportion of the heart to the overgrown cabbage. If so low a simile may be admitted, the dress went down the staircase like a richly brocaded Jack in the Green, and nobody knew what sort of small person carried it.