redwings
レッドウィング
解説 Definition
赤い翼を持つ鳥の総称、または固有のスポーツチーム名です。アメリカのプロアイスホッケーチーム Detroit Red Wings として最も有名です。
Red Wings is best known as the name of the Detroit professional ice hockey team. In other contexts, lowercase “redwings” can be the plural of “redwing,” a bird named for the reddish coloring visible beneath its wings.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
redwings は red「赤い」+wings「翼」から形が見える語。鳥なら赤みのある翼下を特徴とする redwing の複数形、スポーツなら通常 Detroit Red Wings という固有名詞として大文字で書く。例文の Stanley Cup、hockey、Detroit を手掛かりにすれば、鳥ではなくチームを指すと判断できる。
Split the form into “red” and “wings,” which gives a direct visual image. As a bird word, “redwings” is the plural of “redwing,” named for reddish coloring beneath the wing. In sports contexts, clues such as “Detroit,” “hockey,” “Stanley Cup,” and team uniforms indicate the proper name “Detroit Red Wings,” which is written as two capitalized words. The context therefore decides whether you are reading about birds or a hockey team. Remember the singular–plural contrast: one redwing bird, several redwings, but the team is the Red Wings.
例文
The Detroit Red Wings are one of the oldest hockey teams in North America.
デトロイト・レッドウィングスは北米で最も古いホッケーチームの一つです。
Redwings are known for their distinctive red and white uniforms.
レッドウィングスは独特の赤と白のユニフォームで知られています。
The redwings won multiple Stanley Cup championships throughout their history.
レッドウィングスは歴史を通じて複数のスタンレーカップを獲得しました。
redwings の類義語・関連語
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redwings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
red(赤)とwing(翼)の複合語。redは古英語rēad、wingは古ノルド語vængr(翼)に由来。赤い翼下面を持つツグミ科の鳥を指す。関連語:robin(コマドリ)、blackbird。見た目の特徴がそのまま名前になった典型的な鳥名。
“Redwing” is a transparent compound of “red” and “wing,” with “redwings” as its plural. “Red” comes from Old English “rēad,” while “wing” entered English from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse “vængr.” The bird name refers to the reddish coloring under its wings. The Detroit hockey club adopted “Red Wings” as its team name in the twentieth century, giving the compound a prominent proper-name use.
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