手押し車売り
解説 Definition
手押し車で物を運ぶ人。またはスコットランドの姓としても知られる。
A person who pushes or works with a barrow, especially a street trader who transports and sells goods from a handcart. The word is chiefly associated with historical or traditional urban markets and can also occur as a surname.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
barrow「手押し車」＋man「人」という透明な複合語です。市場で野菜を積んだ手押し車を押し、値段を呼びかける行商人を思い浮かべます。単に荷物を運ぶ人も指せますが、例文では sell、market、prices と共起する「手押し車売り」。姓 Barrowman なら語頭を大文字にする点も区別します。
Break the compound into barrow, a handcart, and man, a person. Picture a market trader pushing vegetables through a crowded street and calling out prices: that scene captures the exact sense used in the examples. The person may transport goods, but references to selling, customers, prices, or a market usually indicate a street vendor working from the cart. Compare porter, who carries goods, and hawker, who sells goods but need not use a barrow. Capitalized Barrowman may instead be a family name.
例文
The barrowman pushed his cart through the crowded market, selling fresh vegetables.
手押し車売りは混雑した市場で手押し車を押しながら新鮮な野菜を売っていた。
In Victorian London, a barrowman was a common sight on every street corner.
ヴィクトリア朝のロンドンでは、手押し車売りはどの街角でもよく見かける存在だった。
The barrowman called out his prices loudly to attract passing customers.
手押し車売りは通りすがりの客を引きつけるために大声で値段を叫んだ。
barrowman の類義語・関連語
barrowman の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 bearwe（運搬具）+ man（人）から。bearweは beran（運ぶ）に由来し、荷物を運ぶ手押し車を意味した。同根語に bear（運ぶ）、bier（棺台）がある。「運ぶ道具を操る人」が原義で、手押し車で物を売り歩く行商人を指す。
The word is formed from barrow and man. Barrow, in the sense of a small vehicle for carrying loads, descends from Old English bearwe and is traditionally associated with the Germanic verb represented by English bear, “to carry.” Man identifies the person operating the vehicle. The compound thus literally means a person with a barrow and became particularly associated with street traders who moved and sold produce or other goods from handcarts.
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