sticks
スティック
解説 Definition
sticks は stick（棒、細長いもの）の複数形です。木の枝や細い棒状の物を複数まとめて指すときに使います。
Sticks is the plural form of stick, referring to two or more thin, narrow pieces of wood or other long, slender objects. In the examples, it especially means small branches or pieces of wood found or placed outdoors.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
sticks は stick「棒」の規則的な複数形で、語末に -s を付ける。発音は /stɪks/ で、最後は /s/。地面の枝なら three sticks、small sticks、pick up sticks のように数や大きさと組み合わせる。日本語の「スティック」より広く、自然に落ちた小枝や道しるべに使う棒も含む。
Sticks is the regular plural of the noun stick, made by adding -s. Because stick ends in the voiceless sound /k/, the plural ending is pronounced /s/, giving /stɪks/. Picture several small branches lying on the ground: three sticks, small sticks, or sticks used to mark a path. This meaning is broader than the Japanese loanword スティック, which often suggests a manufactured rod-shaped product. In English, sticks can be ordinary fallen twigs or simple pieces of wood. The plural form signals that more than one separate object is being counted.
例文
There are three sticks on the ground.
地面に棒が3本あります。
The children picked up small sticks.
子どもたちは小さな棒を拾いました。
We used sticks to mark the path.
私たちは道の目印に棒を使いました。
sticks の類義語・関連語
sticks の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 sticca（棒、刺すもの）から。印欧祖語 *steig-（刺す、突く）に由来し、「突き刺さる細長いもの」が原義。関連語：stick（くっつく＝突き刺して固定する意から）、stitch（縫い目＝針で刺す動作から）。棒状のものを「刺す道具」と捉えた発想が背景にある。
Sticks is the plural of stick, a word inherited from Old English sticca, meaning a stick, peg, or pointed piece of wood. It belongs to an old Germanic word group connected with piercing or pricking and is often traced further to an Indo-European root meaning “to stick” or “pierce.” The plural is formed regularly by adding -s. English stitch is historically related through the idea of a puncture made by a pointed tool, though its modern meaning is distinct.
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