hurricane
ハリケーン
解説 Definition
hurricane は、大西洋や北東太平洋で発生する強い熱帯低気圧、つまりハリケーンという意味です。日本語の「ハリケーン」とほぼ同じですが、地域によって台風やサイクロンと呼び名が変わります。
A hurricane is a powerful tropical cyclone that forms over the Atlantic Ocean or the northeastern Pacific Ocean and has sustained winds reaching the recognized hurricane threshold. It can cause destructive winds, heavy rain, flooding, and storm surges in coastal areas.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hurricane は「強い熱帯低気圧」のうち、主に大西洋と北東太平洋で使う名称です。prepare for a hurricane、hurricane damage、strong winds and heavy rain という場面で覚えます。同種の現象でも北西太平洋では typhoon、ほかの海域では cyclone と呼ばれる点が重要です。
Picture a coastal city preparing for a hurricane: residents secure their homes because strong winds, heavy rain, flooding, and storm surge may follow. The most useful distinction is geographical. A severe tropical cyclone is generally called a hurricane in the Atlantic and northeastern Pacific, a typhoon in the northwestern Pacific, and a cyclone in several other regions. Learn it in combinations such as hurricane warning, hurricane damage, prepare for a hurricane, and hurricane season. These phrases connect the word with both the weather system and the actions people take around it.
例文
A hurricane can bring strong winds and heavy rain.
ハリケーンは強風と大雨をもたらすことがあります。
The city prepared for the hurricane.
その都市はハリケーンに備えました。
The hurricane damaged many houses near the coast.
そのハリケーンは海岸近くの多くの家に被害を与えました。
hurricane の類義語・関連語
hurricane の語源・成り立ち Etymology
スペイン語 huracán を経てカリブ海のタイノ語 hurakán（嵐の神）に由来する。大航海時代にスペイン人が現地語を借用し欧州に広まった。自然現象に神の名を充てた例。関連語: typhoon（同様に各地の嵐の語が語源）。
English hurricane came through Spanish huracán, a word adopted in the Caribbean during the period of early Spanish exploration. The Spanish term is generally traced to a Taíno or another Indigenous Caribbean word associated with violent storms and, in historical accounts, a storm deity. Related forms spread into several European languages as knowledge of Caribbean weather increased. The modern English word names the meteorological phenomenon rather than a supernatural being.
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