prow
船首
解説 Definition
船の最前部、へさきのこと。船が水を切って進む先端部分を指す。
The prow is the front part of a ship or boat, especially the part that faces forward as it moves. This word is common in writing about ships, sailing, and the sea. It is a slightly literary or technical word.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
船の向きはまず front と back で捉えると覚えやすく、prow はその front 側、つまり船が水を切って進むいちばん先端。対になるのは stern「船尾」。なお「船首」は bow もよく使うが、prow はとくに突き出た前部の形を意識しやすい語。The prow cut through the waves. のように、進行方向の先端を思い浮かべると定着する。
Think of a ship in two basic parts: front and back. The prow is the front tip that pushes into the water, often paired with stern for the back. Picture the sentence "The prow cut through the waves" to fix the image.
例文
The figurehead carved on the prow of the ship depicted a fierce eagle.
船首に彫られた船首像は、猛々しい鷲を描いていた。
Standing at the prow, she watched the distant coastline slowly come into view.
船首に立ち、彼女は遠くの海岸線がゆっくりと見えてくるのを眺めた。
Waves crashed against the prow as the vessel pushed through the stormy seas.
船が荒れた海を進む中、波が船首に打ちつけた。
prow の類義語・関連語
prow の語源・成り立ち Etymology
prow「船首」は、フランス語 proue、イタリア語 prua、さらにラテン語 prora、ギリシャ語 prōira をへてきた語です。底には pro「前へ」の感覚があり、船の“いちばん前へ突き出た部分”と考えると意味がつながります。関連語に progress、proceed があります。
Prow comes through French and Italian from Latin prora, and earlier Greek forms. The word has the basic idea of "the front part," connected with the sense of moving forward. That is why it came to mean the front of a ship, the part that points ahead. It is distantly related in idea to words like proceed and progress.
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