pushcart
手押し車
解説 Definition
手で押して運べる小さなカート。商人が商品を運ぶために使われる人力運搬用具。
A pushcart is a small cart that is moved by pushing it by hand. It is often used to carry goods, food, or equipment in streets, markets, or workplaces. In some contexts, it can also refer to a simple street-vendor cart.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
push + cart の直球複合語で覚えると残りやすいです。push は「押す」、cart は shopping cart や golf cart の cart と同じで「小型の荷車・カート」。つまり「押して動かすカート」= 手押し車。car より cart のほうが小さく簡易な運搬具の感じ。street vendor の pushcart のように、商品を載せて人が歩いて押す場面を思い浮かべると定着します。shopping cart の店内用より広く、pushchair とは別語だと区別すると混同しにくいです。
This word is very direct: `push` + `cart`. Picture a small cart that a person moves by pushing with their hands, often in the street. It helps to compare it with `shopping cart`, but `pushcart` is more general and often outside.
例文
The vendor pushed his pushcart through the market.
物売りは手押し車を押して市場を進んでいました。
Pushcarts were common in early 20th century cities.
手押し車は20世紀初期の都市で一般的でした。
The pushcart was loaded with fresh produce.
その手押し車は新鮮な農産物で満載されていました。
pushcart の類義語・関連語
pushcart の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pushcart は push「押す」+ cart「荷車」の英語の複合語。push は古フランス語経由でラテン語 pulsare「押す・打つ」、cart は古ノルド語系に由来し、関連語に propel, repel がある。文字どおり「押して進める車」なので手押し車を表す。
Pushcart is a plain English compound of push and cart. Push ultimately comes through French from Latin roots meaning to strike or drive, while cart comes from an old Germanic or Norse source for a wheeled vehicle. The combined word kept its literal picture of a cart moved by pushing. Related words include propel and repel from the same Latin family as push.
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