ヘッドフォン
解説 Definition
headphone は、耳に当てて音を聞く機器や、一組のうち片側を指します。一組全体は、日常英語では通常 headphones と複数形で呼びます。
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.
使い方 Usage
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
head「頭」+phone「音を伝える装置」で、頭や耳に付けて聞く機器を連想しましょう。左右のうち片側だけ音が出ない姿を思い浮かべると、単数形も覚えやすくなります。
Break headphone into head and phone, a device associated with sound. Picture a set worn at the head and ears, with just one side failing to play sound, to remember the singular use.
例文
One headphone is not working.
ヘッドフォンの片側が動きません。
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
派生語
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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