repaint
repaint はTOEIC 860・TOEFL 80・IELTS 6.5レベルの英単語で、「塗り直す」という意味があります。発音記号は /ˌriːˈpeɪnt/ です。
塗り直す
解説 Definition
すでに塗られたものをもう一度塗り直すこと。新しい色や塗料を塗る行為です。
To repaint means to paint something again, usually to cover old paint or improve its appearance. It is commonly used for walls, buildings, furniture, and cars when the original paint is damaged, faded, or no longer wanted.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
paint が「塗る」と分かれば、repaint は re- + paint で「もう一度塗る」とすぐ取れる。redo, rewrite, rebuild などと同じく、re- は『再び・やり直し』の合図。単に新しく色を付ける paint より、古い色・傷み・はがれを直すために上から塗り直す感じが強い。repaint the wall, repaint the door, repaint the car のような形で覚えると、実際の使用場面まで一緒に定着する。repair と近い場面でも、直す方法が『塗り直し』なら repaint を選ぶ。
Start with `paint`, then add `re-`, the common signal for "again" in words like `rewrite` and `rebuild`. So `repaint` is easy to picture: you put paint on something one more time, often because the old surface looks bad. Remember common pairs like `repaint the wall` or `repaint the door`.
例文
We decided to repaint the living room with a brighter color.
私たちはリビングルームをより明るい色で塗り直すことにした。
The old fence needs to be repainted to protect it from weather.
その古い柵は天気から保護するために塗り直す必要がある。
The artist repainted parts of the mural that had faded.
その芸術家はフェードした壁画の部分を塗り直した。
repaint の類義語・関連語
repaint の語源・成り立ち Etymology
repaint は re-「再び」+ paint「塗る」。paint は古フランス語を経てラテン語 pingere「彩る」にさかのぼり、painter や pigment と同根なので、『もう一度色をのせる』と考えると意味が腑に落ちる。
Repaint combines re-, meaning "again," with paint. Paint came through Old French from Latin pingere, meaning "to paint," "color," or "decorate," and it is related to painter and pigment. The word therefore developed naturally to mean applying paint again.
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