backhand
バックハンド
解説 Definition
backhand は、テニスなどで手の甲側から打つ「バックハンド」という意味です。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じですが、英語では打ち方やその打球そのものを指す名詞として使われます。
In racket sports, a stroke made across the body with the back of the playing hand facing in the direction of the shot. The word can also refer to the player's technique or to a particular shot made this way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
back＋hand の複合語で、ラケットを振るとき手の甲側が相手に向く打ち方を表す。テニスなら forehand「フォアハンド」と対にし、play a backhand、practice one's backhand、a strong backhand という型で覚える。名詞は打ち方だけでなく、その一打自体も指す。
Break backhand into back and hand. During this stroke, the back of the racket hand generally faces toward the opponent or the direction of the shot, which makes the compound easy to visualize. Learn it as the partner and contrast of forehand. A player can practice a backhand, hit a backhand, or have a strong backhand; the noun may describe either the technique or one particular shot. Picture a right-handed tennis player returning a ball arriving on the left side of the body by swinging the racket across the body.
例文
Her backhand was strong enough to win the point.
彼女のバックハンドは得点を取れるほど強力でした。
He practiced his backhand for an hour after school.
彼は放課後に1時間バックハンドを練習しました。
The coach told me to keep my backhand low and steady.
コーチは私に、バックハンドを低く安定させるよう言いました。
backhand の類義語・関連語
backhand の語源・成り立ち Etymology
backhand は back＋hand の複合語で、文字どおり「手の甲側で打つ手」です。どちらも古英語由来なので成り立ちが直感的で、体の反対側から返す動きがそのままテニスなどの「バックハンド」の意味になりました。関連語は backhanded, forehand。
Backhand is a transparent compound of back and hand, both inherited from Old English. It developed as a name for a stroke delivered with the back of the hand turned toward the direction of movement, especially in racket sports. The sporting noun contrasts with forehand. From the same compound came backhanded, which can describe this manner of striking and, figuratively, something indirect or ambiguously insulting.
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