ロッカー
解説 Definition
locker は、学校・職場・駅などで荷物を入れておくロッカーという意味です。日本語の「ロッカー」とほぼ同じですが、英語では衣服用や個人用の収納箱を広く指します。
A locker is a small storage compartment, usually fitted with a lock, in which a person can keep clothes, bags, or other belongings at a school, workplace, gym, or station.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lock「鍵をかける・錠」に、道具や物を表す -er が付いた語と捉えましょう。「鍵で閉められる収納設備」が中心像です。put a bag in a locker、school locker、coin locker のように、物を入れる場面と一緒に覚えると実用的です。
Connect locker directly with lock. The ending -er can name an instrument or object associated with an action, so a locker is literally something used for locking belongings away. Picture a student putting a bag in a school locker or a traveler leaving luggage in a station locker. Useful combinations include school locker, gym locker, locker door, and put something in a locker. Unlike a cupboard, a locker is typically an individual compartment and is often secured with a key, code, or padlock.
例文
I put my bag in the locker.
私はかばんをロッカーに入れました。
Her locker is next to the classroom door.
彼女のロッカーは教室のドアの隣にあります。
Please lock the locker after you use it.
使った後はロッカーに鍵をかけてください。
locker の類義語・関連語
locker の語源・成り立ち Etymology
locker は lock「錠、閉じ具」（古英語 loc）に、物を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた語です。もともと「閉めるためのもの」という成り立ちなので、鍵付きの収納箱を指すのは自然です。関連語は lock, unlock。
Locker was formed from lock and the suffix -er, which can denote an instrument, object, or thing associated with an action. Lock comes from Old English loc, meaning a fastening, enclosure, or barrier. The word locker therefore developed naturally as a name for a compartment or chest that could be closed securely. Its modern institutional use for personal storage became especially common in schools, workplaces, stations, and changing rooms.
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