oakwood
オーク材
解説 Definition
オークの木から採取された硬い木材です。家具や床、樽の製造などに広く使用されます。
Oakwood is wood obtained from an oak tree. It is a strong, durable material widely used for furniture, flooring, cabinets, barrels, and other products in which hardness, appearance, or resistance to wear is valued.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
oak「オークの木」＋ wood「木材」という意味がそのまま見える複合語です。硬く耐久性のあるオーク材でできた table、flooring、wine barrel を一組の場面として覚えましょう。材質を表す場合は oak wood と二語で書く形や、形容詞的な oak も一般的なので、oak table という言い方にもつなげます。
The compound explains itself: oak is the tree, and wood is the material taken from it. Picture three typical objects together—an oakwood table, oakwood flooring, and a wine barrel made from oakwood. Their weight and durability reinforce the meaning. In ordinary English, the material is also frequently written as oak wood, while oak alone often modifies another noun, as in oak furniture or an oak table. Keep oakwood separate from woodland, which means an area covered with trees rather than a kind of timber.
例文
The dining table was crafted from oakwood.
ダイニングテーブルはオーク材で作られていました。
Oakwood flooring is popular for its durability.
オーク材の床は耐久性の高さで人気があります。
Wine barrels are often made from oakwood.
ワイン樽はしばしばオーク材で作られています。
oakwood の類義語・関連語
oakwood の語源・成り立ち Etymology
oakwood は oak「オークの木」と wood「木材・木」から成る複合語です。oak は古英語 ac、wood は古英語 wudu に由来し、oaken や woodland も関連語なので、「オークという木から得た木材」と考えると意味がそのまま見えてきます。
Oakwood is a transparent compound of oak and wood, literally meaning wood from an oak tree. Oak descends from Old English āc, while wood comes from Old English wudu. The elements have long histories in Germanic languages. Modern usage also commonly employs the two-word form oak wood or uses oak attributively in expressions such as oak flooring and oak furniture.
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