意味一覧 (2件)
理髪店
解説 Definition
barber は、髪を切ったりひげを整えたりする店、つまり理髪店や床屋を指すことがあります。特に the barber's や go to the barber の形で、店へ散髪に行く場面で使われます。
Barber can refer to a place where people go to get their hair cut or their beard trimmed. In everyday English, this meaning often appears in expressions like the barber's or go to the barber. It refers to the barber's shop as a place, not only to the person who works there. Barbershop is a clearer word for the shop itself, but barber is still common in this kind of everyday use.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
barber はもともと beard（ひげ）を整える場面と結びつく語です。店を指すときは barbershop がはっきりしていますが、日常英語では the barber's や go to the barber のように、理髪師のいる場所全体を指して使われます。人を表す「理容師」の意味とは分けて、at the barber's, stop by the barber's など場所を表す前置詞や動詞と一緒に覚えると混同しにくくなります。
Connect barber with beard, because the word originally had to do with trimming beards. When you want to remember the shop meaning, learn it in phrases like at the barber's or go to the barber. This helps you separate the place meaning from barber meaning the person who cuts hair.
例文
I need a haircut, so I'm going to the barber after lunch.
髪を切る必要があるので、昼食後に理髪店へ行きます。
There is a small barber near the station that opens early in the morning.
駅の近くに、朝早く開く小さな理髪店があります。
He stopped by the barber's before the wedding to tidy his beard.
彼は結婚式の前に、ひげを整えるため理髪店に立ち寄りました。
理容師
(意味 2)解説 Definition
髪を切ったり、ひげを剃ったり、その他の個人的な身だしなみを行う専門家。床屋。
A barber is a person whose job is to cut and style men's hair. Barbers also often shave beards and mustaches. The word is usually connected with a barbershop and traditional men's grooming.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
barber を「理容師」として覚えるときは、barb- から beard（ひげ）を連想し、語尾 -er を「その仕事をする人」と見ると整理しやすいです。髪を切るだけでなく、shave, beard trim, men's haircut など男性向け身だしなみの文脈で出やすい語です。a good barber, my barber, go to a barber のように、人を表す冠詞や所有表現と一緒に覚えましょう。
Remember barber with beard care, shaving, and men’s haircuts. The ending -er helps because it often means a person who does a job. Phrases like a good barber, my barber, and go to a barber make it clear that the word can name the worker.
例文
I go to the barber every month for a haircut.
私は毎月理容師のところに髪を切りに行く。
The barber gave him a stylish new haircut.
理容師は彼に洗練された新しいヘアカットをしてくれた。
My favorite barber has been in business for twenty years.
私のお気に入りの理容師は20年間営業している。
barber の語源・成り立ち Etymology
barber は古フランス語 barbeor を経て、ラテン語 barba「ひげ」に由来します。ひげを扱う人や場所から、理髪の店を指す用法にも広がりました。
Barber comes from Old French barbeor, which came from the Latin word barba, meaning "beard." It first referred to someone who worked with beards and hair, and later it was also used for the place where that work was done.
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