spray
スプレー
解説 Definition
spray はスプレー、または霧状に吹き出した液体という意味です。日本語の「スプレー」と近い意味ですが、容器だけでなく吹きかける細かな水しぶきや液体そのものを指すこともあります。
A spray is liquid scattered through the air in many fine drops, or a product or device used to release liquid in that form. It may refer to water mist, a cleaning product, or the substance discharged from a container.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
spray は容器だけでなく、そこから細かく散る液体や水しぶきも指します。「一点から細粒が広い範囲へ散る」像を核に、a spray of water、cleaning spray、keep the spray away from your eyes を覚えましょう。stream は連続した水流、spray は霧状に散る細かな粒です。
Remember one central image: liquid leaving a source as many fine drops and spreading through the air. That image connects a spray of water with a cleaning spray and with the material released by a spray container. Picture lightly spraying plants rather than pouring water onto them. The contrast is useful: a stream is a continuous narrow flow, while a spray separates into scattered droplets. Common phrases such as use a spray, a light spray of water, and keep the spray away from your eyes show the noun’s typical contexts.
例文
I used a spray to clean the window.
窓を掃除するのにスプレーを使いました。
A light spray of water cooled the plants.
軽く吹きかけた水のスプレーで植物が涼しくなりました。
Please keep the spray away from your eyes.
そのスプレーを目に近づけないでください。
spray の類義語・関連語
spray の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中低ドイツ語 sprāien（散らす・吹き付ける）が起源とされる。「液体を細かく飛ばす」が原義。spread（広げる）と語源的に近縁で、どちらも「広く散る」イメージを共有する。霧状に広がる様子そのものが語の核心である。
Spray entered English from a Germanic source, commonly compared with Middle Low German words meaning to sprinkle or scatter. Its early senses concern water or other liquid driven through the air in small drops. The central idea is dispersion over an area, which explains its use for sea spray, a fine mist, a sprayed substance, and a container or product that releases liquid in this way.
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