バケツ
解説 Definition
バケツという意味です。日本語の「バケツ」とほぼ同じで、水や砂などを入れて運ぶための容器を指します。
A roughly cylindrical, open-topped container, usually fitted with a handle, used for holding or carrying water, sand, cleaning materials, and similar substances. Buckets may be made of plastic, metal, or other durable materials.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「バケツ」は bucket から入った語なので、形と意味を直接結び付けられます。典型表現は fill a bucket with water「バケツを水で満たす」、carry a bucket「バケツを運ぶ」。pail も近い語ですが、bucket のほうが日常的に広く使われ、取っ手付きの容器を思い浮かべると定着します。
The Japanese word バケツ was borrowed from English bucket, so connect the familiar object directly with its English spelling and pronunciation. Picture a handled container being filled with water, carried to the beach, or used to hold cleaning cloths. Useful combinations include fill a bucket with water, carry a bucket, and a bucket of sand. Pail is a close synonym, but bucket is the broader and more common everyday term. Remember the object’s open top and handle, which distinguish it from containers such as baskets or bowls.
例文
I filled the bucket with water.
私はバケツに水を入れました。
The child carried a red bucket to the beach.
その子どもは赤いバケツを持って海辺へ行きました。
Please put the dirty cloths in this bucket.
汚れた布はこのバケツに入れてください。
bucket の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bucket は中英語でアングロ・フランス語 buquet から入り、さらにゲルマン系語に由来すると考えられます。古英語 buc「ふくらんだ容器・腹」と同系で、もとは“ふくらんだ入れ物”という発想なので「バケツ」になりました。関連語は独語 Bauch。
Bucket entered Middle English through Anglo-French forms such as buket or buquet. Its deeper history is uncertain, although it has been connected with Germanic words referring to a rounded or bulging container and with Old English buc. The modern word denotes an open container, commonly with a handle, used to hold or carry liquids and other materials.
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