ヘッドフォン
解説 Definition
headphone は、耳に当てて音を聞くヘッドフォンを指します。英語では一組を指すときに headphones と複数形で言うのが普通ですが、headphone は片側や製品名などで使われます。
A device or one part of a pair worn over or in the ear to reproduce sound for an individual listener. In everyday English, the plural headphones more commonly refers to the complete two-ear set.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
head「頭」+ phone「音を伝える装置」の透明な複合語で、「頭につけて聞く機器」と捉える。一組全体は headphones と複数形で呼ぶのが普通だが、headphone は片側のイヤーピースや単数扱いの商品を指せる。one headphone、left headphone の用例で単複の違いを覚える。
Break headphone into head and phone: it is a sound-producing device worn at the head and ear. The key usage point is number. English speakers usually say headphones for the complete set covering both ears, while headphone can refer to one side, one earpiece, or a product treated grammatically as a single unit. Learn phrases from that contrast: one headphone, the left headphone, and a pair of headphones. Picture a stereo set whose left side has stopped working; that faulty single side is the headphone described in the examples.
例文
One headphone is not working.
ヘッドフォンの片側が動きません。
This headphone has a soft ear pad.
このヘッドフォンには柔らかいイヤーパッドがあります。
The left headphone sounds quieter than the right one.
左側のヘッドフォンは右側より音が小さく聞こえます。
headphone の類義語・関連語
類義語
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headphone の語源・成り立ち Etymology
headphone は英語内の複合語で、古英語 heafod 由来の head と、ギリシャ語 phone「音・声」にさかのぼる phone から成る。つまり「頭につける音の道具」で、耳に当てて聞く機器の意味がその形のまま表れている。関連語は microphone, telephone。
Headphone is an English compound of head and phone. Head descends from Old English hēafod. In this compound, phone is connected with Greek phōnē, “voice” or “sound,” through modern technological words for devices that transmit or reproduce sound. The term was formed for a receiver worn at the head or ear. The plural headphones became the usual everyday name for a two-ear set, while the singular remains available for one component or certain product descriptions.
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