車で
解説 Definition
車を使って移動することを表す表現。「車で」に相当する交通手段を示す。
Used to say that someone travels in a car or uses a car as transportation. It often describes the method of going somewhere.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
`by + 交通手段` で「〜で行く」を表す基本パターンとして覚えると定着しやすい表現です。`by car / by train / by bus / by bike` のように横並びで覚えるのが効果的で、ここでは手段を言うので冠詞を入れず `by a car` にはしません。`in a car` は「車の中で」という場所感が強いので別物。`go to work by car` `travel by car` など、移動の文脈ごと覚えると使いやすくなります。
Learn `by + transport` as one useful travel pattern: `by car`, `by train`, `by bus`, `by bike`. In this pattern, `by` shows the method, so there is no article: not `by a car`. Compare it with `in a car`, which focuses on being inside the car, not the travel method.
例文
I go to school by car.
私は車で学校へ行きます。
We go home by car.
私たちは車で家へ帰ります。
She goes to the park by car.
彼女は車で公園へ行きます。
by car の類義語・関連語
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by car の語源・成り立ち Etymology
byは古英語bī(そばに)から、手段・方法を表す前置詞に発展。carはラテン語carrus(二輪荷車)→ケルト語由来。carriageやcargoも同根語。「車という手段のそばで」→「車で」という交通手段の表現になった。
"By" comes from Old English "bi," first meaning near or beside, and later it developed uses for method or means. "Car" comes through Latin "carrus," meaning a wheeled vehicle, probably from Celtic. So "by car" grew from the idea of traveling by means of a vehicle; related words include "carriage" and "cargo."
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