電気
解説 Definition
electrics は、車・建物・舞台などの配線、回路、関連する電気装置をまとめて指す名詞です。
The electrical wiring, circuits, and related equipment in a vehicle, building, stage, or other system, considered collectively. The term is especially common in British English and refers to installed electrical systems rather than electricity as a form of energy.
使い方 Usage
- 特にイギリス英語で使われ、the car's electrics や stage electrics のように設備のある場所を示します。 The term is especially common in British English. Phrases such as the car's electrics and stage electrics identify where the equipment is installed.
使い分け Common distinctions
- electricity はエネルギーとしての「電気」、electrics はそれを使う配線や設備を指します。 Electricity is electrical energy; electrics refers to the wiring and equipment that use it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
語尾の -s を、配線や装置が集まった「電気系統」の目印として覚えましょう。整備士が車の配線をまとめて点検する場面を思い浮かべると、設備全体を指す感覚がつかめます。
Use the final -s as a reminder of a collection of wires, circuits, and devices. Picture a mechanic checking all the electrical equipment in a car to remember electrics as an installed system.
例文
The mechanic checked the car's electrics before the trip.
整備士は旅行前に車の電気系統を点検しました。
A specialist inspected the stage electrics before the concert.
専門家がコンサート前に舞台の電気設備を点検しました。
electrics の類義語・関連語
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electrics の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 ēlektron（琥珀）から。古代ギリシャで琥珀を擦ると静電気が起きることから電気現象全般を指すようになった。関連語: electron（電子）、electrode（電極）。琥珀の摩擦実験が電気学の出発点。
Electrics is a noun use derived from electric with the plural ending -s. Electric ultimately traces through Latin electricus to Greek elektron, “amber,” because rubbed amber was known to attract light objects through static electricity. Over time, electric and related words came to refer broadly to electrical phenomena and devices. In modern British usage, electrics developed as a collective term for the wiring, circuits, and electrical equipment installed in a vehicle, building, or technical setup.
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