sketch
スケッチ
解説 Definition
sketch は簡単な絵、下絵、スケッチという意味です。日本語の「スケッチ」とほぼ同じですが、英語では短い寸劇を指すこともあるため、文脈で判断します。
A sketch is a simple, quickly made drawing that shows the main shape or features of something without extensive detail. The word can also mean a short comic performance, but here it refers to a drawing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語の「スケッチ」と結びつけつつ、完成画ではなく要点や形を素早く捉えた簡単な絵だと覚えます。a quick sketch、a rough sketch、make a sketch of ... が典型表現です。drawing より未完成で大まかな感じが強く、文脈によっては短い寸劇も指しますが、例文では絵の語義です。
Connect sketch with the Japanese loanword スケッチ, but keep its central English image clear: it is a quick, simple drawing that captures shape and essential features rather than a polished final picture. Useful combinations include a quick sketch, a rough sketch, and make a sketch of a flower. Compare it with drawing, which is broader and may describe either a simple or highly finished work. Sketch can also refer to a short comic scene, so the surrounding context tells you whether art or performance is meant.
例文
She made a quick sketch of the flower.
彼女はその花をさっとスケッチしました。
This sketch shows the shape of the new chair.
このスケッチは新しい椅子の形を示しています。
He kept a small sketch in his notebook.
彼はノートに小さなスケッチを残していました。
sketch の類義語・関連語
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sketch の語源・成り立ち Etymology
sketch はオランダ語 schets を経てイタリア語 schizzo にさかのぼる語で、さらにギリシャ語系の「即興で作る」という語群と結びつけて説明されることがあります。完成作ではなく「さっと形だけつかむ」感覚が中心なので、下描きや大まかな要約の意味に広がりました。関連語は sketchy, scheme。
English sketch was borrowed in the seventeenth century from Dutch schets, which came from Italian schizzo, a word for a quick drawing or rough outline. The Italian word is associated with schizzare, “to splash” or “to draw rapidly,” though its deeper history is not entirely certain. The idea of something produced quickly led naturally to the modern senses of a preliminary drawing, a brief description, and a short dramatic piece.
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