スノーモービル
解説 Definition
snowmobile は雪上を走るための小型の乗り物、スノーモービルという意味です。日本語のカタカナ語とほぼ同じで、雪原や山間部での移動やレジャーに使われます。
A snowmobile is a small motorized vehicle designed to travel over snow and ice, typically using skis at the front and a continuous track at the rear. It is used for recreation, transportation, rescue work, and travel in snowy regions.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
snowmobile は snow「雪」＋ mobile「動くもの」で、文字どおり雪上を移動する乗り物です。automobile の -mobile と結び付けましょう。ride、rent、start a snowmobile や travel by snowmobile の形で、雪原・凍った湖での移動を思い浮かべると定着します。
Divide snowmobile into snow and mobile: it is a vehicle made to be mobile on snow. The second element is also familiar from automobile and ultimately relates to movement. Picture the machine crossing a snowy field or frozen lake, with front skis guiding it and a track driving it forward. Useful collocations include “ride a snowmobile,” “rent a snowmobile,” “start the snowmobile,” and “travel by snowmobile.” The English word matches the Japanese loanword closely, so focus on these natural verb combinations and on its countable use: a snowmobile, two snowmobiles.
例文
They rented a snowmobile for the tour.
彼らはツアーのためにスノーモービルを借りました。
The snowmobile moved easily across the frozen lake.
そのスノーモービルは凍った湖の上を楽に進みました。
A guide showed us how to start the snowmobile safely.
ガイドがスノーモービルを安全に始動する方法を教えてくれました。
snowmobile の類義語・関連語
snowmobile の語源・成り立ち Etymology
snowmobile は snow と automobile の後半 -mobile を組み合わせた近代語です。snow は古英語 snaw、mobile はラテン語 mobilis「動く」由来で、文字どおり「雪の上を動く乗り物」だと分かります。関連語は motion, automobile。
Snowmobile is a modern compound combining snow with mobile, modeled in part on automobile. Snow comes from Old English snāw and belongs to an old Germanic word family. Mobile entered English through French from Latin mobilis, meaning “movable,” which derives from movere, “to move.” The compound therefore transparently describes a vehicle capable of movement over snow. Its structure also connects it with automobile, though the two vehicles are designed for different surfaces.
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