中継器、繰り返す人・物
解説 Definition
repeaters は repeater の複数形で、通信では信号を受信して再送信し、通信範囲を広げる中継器を指します。行為を繰り返す人・物や、教育の文脈では科目・学年を再履修する学生を表すこともあります。
Repeaters is the plural of repeater. It commonly refers to telecommunications devices that receive and retransmit signals, extending their range. It can also refer to people who repeat an action or, in some educational contexts, students repeating a course or year. Although repeater is sometimes used for a returning customer in tourism or business jargon, repeat customers, returning guests, or regulars are usually more natural in general English.
使い方 Usage
- Wi-Fi repeaters は「Wi-Fi中継器」。教育の文脈では、科目や学年をもう一度履修する学生を指すこともあります。 Wi-Fi repeaters are devices that retransmit Wi-Fi signals. In some educational contexts, repeaters are students taking a course or year again.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
repeat「繰り返す」＋ -er「人・物」と考え、信号を受けて再び送る中継器を連想しましょう。repeater に -s を付けた複数形で、最後の s は /z/ と発音します。
Think of repeat plus -er: a person or device that repeats something. Picture devices receiving and retransmitting signals. Repeaters is the plural of repeater, with final -s pronounced /z/.
例文
Wi-Fi repeaters can extend the network's range.
Wi-Fi中継器を使うと、ネットワークの到達範囲を広げられます。
The school provides extra tutoring for repeaters who must take the course again.
その学校は、科目を再履修しなければならない学生に補習を行っています。
repeaters の類義語・関連語
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repeaters の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 repetere（re- 再び + petere 求める）から古フランス語 repeter を経て英語 repeat に。-er で「繰り返す人・装置」を意味する。関連語：repeat, petition。通信分野では信号を中継増幅する装置、教育では留年者の意味でも使われる。
Repeaters is the plural of repeater, formed from repeat, the agent suffix -er, and plural -s. Repeat came through Old French from Latin repetere, built from re-, “again,” and petere, “to seek, head for, or pursue.” A repeater is therefore someone or something that repeats. The word later acquired specialized senses for returning customers, signal-relaying devices, and people repeating studies.
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