ベル
解説 Definition
bell は「ベル、鐘、呼び鈴」という意味です。日本語の「ベル」と同じように使えますが、英語では学校や教会の鐘など、鳴って合図をするもの全般を指します。
A bell is a hollow metal or similar object that produces a ringing sound when struck, shaken, or activated. Bells are used to signal events, attract attention, mark time, or summon someone, as in schools, churches, and doorbells.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「ベル」より範囲が広く、doorbell の呼び鈴だけでなく school bell や church bell の鐘も指す。物なら ring a bell「ベルを鳴らす」、音や装置が主語なら The bell rang と使う。bell-shaped は「鐘形の」で、bell pepper の形にもつながる。
Connect bell with both the object and its clear ringing signal. The English word covers more than a small electronic doorbell: it can mean a school bell, a church bell, or any similar device used to mark time or get attention. Notice the verb choice: a person rings a bell, but the bell itself rings. Useful combinations include press the doorbell, hear a bell, and the bell rang. The outline of a traditional bell also explains bell-shaped and bell pepper, whose rounded body and wider lower part resemble a bell.
例文
The bell rang at eight.
8時にベルが鳴りました。
Please press the bell at the door.
ドアのところのベルを押してください。
We heard a church bell in the morning.
朝、教会の鐘の音が聞こえました。
bell の類義語・関連語
bell の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 belle から。ゲルマン祖語 *bellō（鳴り響くもの）に由来し、「吠える」を意味する印欧語根 *bhel- と関連。音を出して知らせる道具の意。関連語: bellow（怒鳴る）、bell pepper（形がベルに似ることから）。
Bell comes from Old English belle and has close relatives in other Germanic languages. It has referred to a ringing object since the early history of English. Some accounts connect it with older sound-symbolic or Indo-European roots associated with loud noise, but the deeper relationship is not completely certain. The noun later produced compounds such as doorbell and expressions based on either the sound or the characteristic flared shape of a bell.
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