can you take out the trash
can you take out the trash は英検3級レベルの英単語で、「ゴミを出して」という意味があります。発音記号は /kən jə ˈteɪk ˈaʊt ðə ˈtræʃ/ です。
ゴミを出して
解説 Definition
ゴミを捨ててほしいと相手に頼む表現。日常生活や共同生活の場でよく使われる依頼のフレーズ。
A polite request asking someone to remove the garbage from the room or house and place it outside for collection. It is commonly used when talking about household chores. In this phrase, "Can you ...?" is often used to make a request, not only to ask about ability.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
Can you ...? は会話でよく出る「〜してくれる？」の定番依頼で、ここでは能力を聞くというより、やんわり頼む言い方だと覚える。take out は take＋out で「外へ運び出す」、trash と結びつくと家庭内の決まり文句 take out the trash になる。単なる throw away より、ゴミ袋を持って外の集積所まで出す場面を思い浮かべると定着しやすい。同じ型で Can you do the dishes? などにも広げられる。
Remember `Can you ...?` as a soft, everyday way to ask someone to do something. Learn `take out the trash` as one chunk: `take out` means carry something outside, and `trash` often goes with it at home. Picture someone carrying a trash bag to the outside bin, not just throwing something away.
例文
Can you take out the trash before the truck comes?
ごみ収集車が来る前にごみを出してくれる？
He asked, 'Can you take out the trash?' because the bin was full.
ゴミ箱がいっぱいだったので彼は「ごみを出してくれる？」と頼んだ。
can you take out the trash の語源・成り立ち Etymology
trashは北欧語系の「切れ端、くず」が原義で、中英語traseを経て「ゴミ」の意味に定着。take outは古英語tacan（取る）+ūt（外へ）で「運び出す」。関連語: trashy（くだらない）。捨てる物＝価値のない切れ端というイメージ。
This phrase is built from older English and Norse parts. The key word trash came into Middle English as trase, probably from Scandinavian words for fallen leaves, scraps, or cut-off bits, and it later came to mean worthless waste. Take out joins Old English-style ideas of taking something and moving it outward, so the whole phrase keeps the simple sense of carrying rubbish away.
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