restorer
修復者
解説 Definition
絵画や建築物などの損傷した作品を元の状態に修復する専門家。
A restorer is a person who repairs or brings something back to its earlier or better condition. This word is often used for art, old buildings, furniture, or natural environments. A restorer usually tries to protect the original form as much as possible.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
restore「元に戻す」を知っていれば、その人版が restorer。動詞 + -er で「〜する人」になるのは teacher, writer と同じなので、形から意味を組み立てやすい語です。使われやすいのは art restorer, furniture restorer, building restorer のように、傷んだ物や古い物を本来の状態へ戻す専門家。repair が「壊れた所を直す」なら、restore は「元の姿・価値を取り戻す」で、restorer は単なる修理人より「復元する人」に近い、と対比で覚えると残ります。rest「休息」とつづりが近い点だけ注意。
If you know `restore`, then `restorer` is easy: `-er` means the person who does the action, like `teacher` or `writer`. It often appears in phrases like `art restorer` or `furniture restorer`, so connect it with skilled work on old or damaged things. Be careful not to confuse it with `rest`.
例文
The art restorer spent three years carefully cleaning and repairing the Renaissance painting.
美術修復者はルネサンス絵画の丁寧な洗浄と修復に3年を費やした。
As a furniture restorer, he specializes in bringing antique pieces back to their original glory.
家具の修復者として、彼はアンティーク家具を元の輝きに戻すことを専門としている。
The restorer used traditional techniques to preserve the integrity of the ancient mosaic.
修復者は古代のモザイクの完全性を保つために伝統的な技法を用いた。
restorer の類義語・関連語
restorer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
restorer は restore「元に戻す」+ -er「する人」で、restore はラテン語 restaurare「立て直す」に由来します。restaurant や restoration も同根で、壊れたものをもう一度立たせる感覚が、修復者という意味にそのまま残っています。
Restorer comes from restore plus the agent ending -er. Restore comes from Latin restaurare, meaning "to rebuild" or "set up again," and the same root appears in restoration and even restaurant. The original idea of raising something back up remained in the sense of a person who brings something back to its former state.
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