conk
故障する・止まる
解説 Definition
機械が故障する、または動作を停止することを指す動詞。予期しない故障や停止を表します。
Conk means to stop working suddenly, especially when talking about a machine or engine. It is informal and is often used in the phrase "conk out." It can also be used more generally for a person becoming too tired to continue.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず conk は単独より conk out を一塊で覚えると定着しやすい。out は「外へ」ではなく「機能が抜ける」感覚で、car, engine, computer などが急に使えなくなる場面でよく出る。break は壊れる事実、stop は止まる動作、fail は機能不全を広く言えるが、conk はもっと口語的で「突然へたって動かなくなる」感じ。古い車や機械が途中でぷつっと止まる映像と結びつけると記憶に残る。
Remember this with the phrase `conk out`, which is much more common than the base form. It is used for cars, engines, machines, or devices that were working and then suddenly stop. It sounds more informal than `fail`, and it fits especially well with old vehicles or weak batteries giving up.
例文
The engine began to conk out.
エンジンが故障し始めた。
The old machinery finally conked.
古い機械はついに止まった。
The system conked during the presentation.
そのシステムはプレゼンテーション中に故障した。
conk の類義語・関連語
conk の語源・成り立ち Etymology
conkは20世紀英語俗語で、飛行士がエンジン失速音をまねた擬音が有力です。鼻を表すconkはギリシャ語konkhe由来のconchとも結びつけられ、関連語にconch、konk。音や形の連想から「ぽっくり止まる」感覚がそのまま意味になりました。
Conk as a verb is probably 20th-century English slang, likely based on an imitative sound. It was used for an engine stopping suddenly, and then more broadly for suddenly failing or stopping. Another word conk, meaning "nose," may have a different history and is sometimes linked with conch through shape or sound. The modern sense seems to have grown mainly from sound imitation.
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