フェリー
解説 Definition
ferry は、人や車を水上で運ぶフェリー、渡し船という意味です。日本語の「フェリー」とほぼ同じで、島や対岸を結ぶ定期船を指すことが多いです。
A boat or ship that regularly carries passengers, vehicles, or goods across a body of water, especially between two fixed points. The word can also refer to the transportation service operated by such vessels.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fare「行く・運賃」と同じく「移動」の感覚をもつ語族で、ferry は人や車を対岸へ運ぶ船です。take a ferry to the island、the ferry leaves at nine、car ferry という典型表現で覚えましょう。boat より用途が限定され、定められた水路を往復して両岸を結ぶ交通手段を指すことが多い語です。
Connect “ferry” with “fare” and the general idea of travel or carrying something from one place to another. A ferry is not simply any boat: it usually runs a regular route between fixed points and transports people, cars, or goods across water. Learn it in common combinations such as “take a ferry to the island,” “the ferry leaves at nine,” and “car ferry.” Picture a vessel repeatedly linking two shores. That route-based image helps distinguish a ferry from a private boat, a sightseeing cruise, or a ship making a long ocean voyage.
例文
We took a ferry to the island.
私たちは島までフェリーに乗りました。
The ferry leaves at nine o'clock.
フェリーは9時に出発します。
Cars can travel on this ferry across the bay.
車はこのフェリーで湾を渡ることができます。
ferry の類義語・関連語
ferry の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 ferie を経て、古英語 ferian「運ぶ、向こう岸へ渡す」にさかのぼります。語幹は「行く」を表すゲルマン系語根で、fare も同系なので、ferry が「人や物を渡して運ぶ船」を指すのは自然です。
“Ferry” came through Middle English “ferie” and is related to Old English “ferian,” meaning to carry, transport, or convey across. These forms belong to a Germanic word family associated with going and traveling, which also includes “fare.” The noun first referred to a crossing or transport service and then to the boat used to carry people and goods over the water.
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