キャンプ
解説 Definition
camp は「キャンプ」「キャンプ場」「合宿」という意味です。日本語の「キャンプ」と同じく野外で泊まる活動に使いますが、英語ではスポーツや学習の短期プログラムを指すこともあります。
A camp is a place where people stay temporarily, often in tents or simple buildings. It can also be an organized short-term program where children, athletes, or other groups live together and take part in outdoor, educational, or training activities.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「キャンプ」の野外宿泊を核にしつつ、英語では場所や短期プログラムも指すと整理します。stay at camp／a camp near the lake は野営地、go to summer camp は子どもの合宿です。tent と結びつく屋外活動だけに限定せず、「一定期間、人が集まって泊まり活動する場所・行事」という像で覚えます。
Begin with the familiar image of camping outdoors, but remember that the noun camp can name both a temporary place and an organized program. A camp near a lake may be the site where people stay, while summer camp can mean the whole residential program for children. The word is also common for sports, music, and training programs, even when tents are not involved. Learn the contrasts through phrases: stay at camp focuses on the place or experience, go to summer camp names a program, and set up camp means establish a temporary place to stay.
例文
We stayed at the camp.
私たちはキャンプ場に泊まりました。
The children went to summer camp.
子どもたちはサマーキャンプに行きました。
Our camp is near the lake.
私たちのキャンプ地は湖の近くです。
camp の類義語・関連語
camp の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 campus（平原、野原）から。ローマ軍が平地に張った陣営をcampusと呼んだことに由来し、「野営地」の意味が生まれた。関連語：campus（大学構内）、campaign（元は「野戦」→「運動」）。平原で軍が活動する場所というイメージが核にある。
Camp came into English through French and is ultimately connected with Latin campus, “field” or “open ground.” The word developed through the military idea of an army occupying open ground and establishing a temporary encampment. From a military campsite, its meaning broadened to other temporary places of residence and later to organized recreational or training programs. Campus and campaign share the same distant Latin association with fields or open country.
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