shorts
ショートパンツ
解説 Definition
shorts は short（短い）に s が付いた形ですが、名詞としてはショートパンツを意味します。通常は複数形の形で使われる衣類名です。
Shorts are trousers that end above or around the knees, worn especially in warm weather, for exercise, or as casual clothing. The garment name is normally plural and is counted with pair, as in a pair of shorts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shorts は「短い」を表す short からできた衣類名で、左右の脚を通す二部分を一組と見るため、通常は複数形として扱います。These shorts are ... と受け、1着は a pair of shorts、2着は two pairs of shorts。short pants より日常的なこの形を、wear shorts、pack shorts と一緒に覚えましょう。
Connect shorts with the adjective short: they are trousers with short legs. Although one garment is involved, English normally treats shorts as plural, like trousers and pants, because the clothing has two leg sections. Say These shorts are comfortable, not This shorts is comfortable. To count garments, use a pair of shorts for one and two pairs of shorts for two. Picture wearing shorts on a hot day or packing two pairs for a trip. These patterns make both the meaning and grammar memorable: wear shorts, buy a pair of shorts, and pack two pairs.
例文
He wore shorts to the park.
彼は公園にショートパンツをはいて行きました。
These shorts are good for hot days.
このショートパンツは暑い日に向いています。
I packed two pairs of shorts for the trip.
旅行用にショートパンツを2枚詰めました。
shorts の類義語・関連語
shorts の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 scort（短い）から派生した short の複数形。ゲルマン祖語 *skurtaz に遡る。「短い衣服」の意味で複数形のまま定着した。関連語: short（短い）、shortage（不足）。trousers や pants と同様、左右一対の衣類は英語で複数形になる。
Shorts is based on short, from Old English scort, “not long,” a word of Germanic origin commonly connected with reconstructed Proto-Germanic *skurtaz. The noun developed as a shortened form of expressions for short trousers or short drawers. Like trousers and pants, it became established as a plural-form garment name because of its two leg sections. It therefore normally takes a plural verb and is counted with pair.
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