shearer
羊毛刈り職人
解説 Definition
羊の毛刈り職人とは、羊の毛を刈る専門の職人です。このプロセスは羊の健康維持と羊毛の収穫のために重要な作業です。
A shearer is a person whose job is to cut the wool off sheep. The word is mainly used in farming and agriculture. It can also refer more generally to someone or something that cuts by shearing, but the sheep-related meaning is the most common.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず shear「刈る」を核に置き、そこへ「〜する人」の -er が付いた形だと押さえると覚えやすいです。teach→teacher、work→worker と同じ作りなので、「shearする人」で shearer。意味は広く『切る人』ではなく、羊の毛を刈る職人にほぼ特化して使う点が記憶のフックになります。shears（大きな刈りばさみ）、shearing（毛刈り）も一緒に結ぶと定着しやすいです。
Start with `shear`, then add `-er`, the common ending for a person who does an action, like `teacher` or `worker`. That makes `shearer` easy to remember as "the person who shears." In real use, it strongly connects to sheep and wool, not cutting in general.
例文
The shearer skillfully removed the wool from the sheep.
その羊の毛刈り職人は羊の毛を巧みに刈り取りました。
During shearing season, the shearer works long hours on the farm.
毛刈りの季節中、羊の毛刈り職人は農場で長時間働きます。
An experienced shearer can process hundreds of sheep in a day.
経験豊かな羊の毛刈り職人は1日に数百頭の羊の毛を刈ることができます。
shearer の類義語・関連語
shearer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
shearer は shear「刈る・切る」に、行為者を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた語です。shear は古英語 sceran「切り分ける」に由来し、『羊毛を切る人』がそのまま職名になった形で、関連語に shears と shearing があります。
Shearer is made from shear + -er, the ending for a person who does something. Shear comes from Old English sceran, meaning "to cut" or "divide by cutting." The word was especially used for cutting wool from sheep, so shearer became the name for a person who does that work. Related words include shears and shearing.
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