heron
サギ
解説 Definition
Heron は、長い脚と首を持つ鳥のサギという意味です。通常は一般名詞として使われますが、姓や名称の一部として固有名詞的に現れることもあります。
A heron is a large wading bird with long legs, a long neck, and a pointed bill, commonly seen standing or walking slowly in shallow water while hunting fish and other small animals. The word may also occur as a surname or part of a proper name.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
heron は、水辺で長い脚と首を使って魚を狙う「サギ」です。a heron by the river、a gray heron、wade through shallow water の場面を一組で覚えましょう。crane「ツル」も長脚ですが、別の鳥です。一般名詞なら通常 heron と小文字で書き、文頭や姓・名称として使う場合だけ大文字になります。
Picture a heron standing almost motionless beside a river, then walking slowly through shallow water on its long legs. That typical scene fixes the meaning more reliably than sound alone. Learn it with combinations such as a gray heron, a heron by the lake, and a heron wading in shallow water. Do not confuse a heron with a crane: both are long-legged birds, but they belong to different groups and differ in appearance and flight posture. As a common bird name, heron normally begins with a lowercase letter; capitalize it at the start of a sentence or in a proper name.
例文
A Heron stood by the river.
川のそばにサギが立っていました。
We saw a gray Heron near the lake.
私たちは湖の近くで灰色のサギを見ました。
The Heron moved slowly through the shallow water.
そのサギは浅瀬をゆっくりと歩いていました。
heron の類義語・関連語
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heron の語源・成り立ち Etymology
heron は古フランス語 hairon を経て英語に入り、さらに古いゲルマン系の鳥名にさかのぼります。鳴き声や姿を写した古称と考えられ、古英語 hragra や独語 Reiher と同系で、昔から“サギ類”を指す語でした。
Heron entered Middle English through Anglo-French and Old French forms such as hairon. The older history is Germanic and is related to other traditional names for this kind of wading bird, including German Reiher. The precise formation of the ancient bird name is not fully certain, so it is safer not to assign it a specific imitation of a call. In modern English, heron is the established general name for birds of the family Ardeidae.
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