storyteller
意味一覧 (2件)
語り手
解説 Definition
物語を聞かせる人や語り部のこと。口承文学や創作において、話を巧みに伝える能力を持つ人。
A storyteller is a person who tells stories, either in speech or in writing. The word is often used for someone who can make stories interesting and easy to imagine, not just someone who gives information.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
storyteller は story「物語」+ tell「語る」+ -er「人」と分けると、そのまま「物語を語る人」と覚えられます。writer が書く人、teacher が教える人なら、storyteller は聞き手に話を届ける人です。village storyteller, gifted storyteller, oral storyteller のように、昔話・伝承・創作を声や身ぶりで伝え、聞き手を引き込む語りの力が焦点になります。
Break it into `story + tell + -er`. If a `writer` writes and a `teacher` teaches, a `storyteller` is a person who tells stories. The word suggests someone who can keep listeners interested, especially through spoken stories, tradition, or creative narration.
例文
The storyteller shared a tale about the brave sailor.
語り手は勇敢な船乗りの話を語った。
Every summer, the storyteller visits the village square.
毎夏、語り手は村の広場を訪れる。
The storyteller used puppets to keep the children interested.
語り手は子どもたちの興味を引くために人形を使った。
作り話をする人
(意味 2)解説 Definition
storyteller は、事実ではない話を本当らしく語る人を指すことがあります。日常会話では、子どもや言い訳をする人などに対して、少し批判的または冗談めかして使われます。
A storyteller can mean a person who tells stories, but it can also mean someone who tells things that are not true as if they were real. In everyday conversation, this use is often aimed at children or people making excuses. It usually sounds slightly critical, though it can also be used in a joking way.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
convulsing は convulse の現在分詞で、普通の shake よりも「内側から突き動かされるように激しく震えている」感じが強い語です。be convulsing with laughter「笑いで体を震わせている」、an engine convulsing「エンジンが激しく震えている」のように、人だけでなく機械や建物にも使えます。医学的な発作に限らず、強く制御しにくい揺れ全般を表せます。
Think of storyteller as story + teller: someone who tells a story. In this word, the story is often not true, so it can suggest a person who makes things up. This is why storyteller can sound playful or mildly critical in everyday English.
例文
Don't believe him too quickly - he's a real storyteller.
彼の言うことをすぐ信じないで。本当らしく作り話をする人だから。
Her brother became quite a storyteller whenever he was late for school.
彼女の弟は学校に遅れると、もっともらしい言い訳をする人になった。
He smiled and called himself a storyteller, but everyone knew most of it was made up.
彼は笑って自分をstorytellerだと言ったが、その話の大半が作り話だとみんな分かっていた。
storyteller の語源・成り立ち Etymology
storyteller は story と teller の複合語です。story はギリシャ語 historia 由来でラテン語・古フランス語を経て「物語」、teller は古英語 tellan「数える・語る」+ -er。つまり「物語を語る人」で、history や tell も関連語です。
Storyteller is a compound of story and teller. Story came into English through Old French from Latin historia, from Greek historia, meaning inquiry or narrative. Teller comes from Old English tellan, which meant to count or relate. Together, the word first meant simply a person who tells stories; related English words include history and tell.
外部辞書で調べる
この単語を英単語クイズで覚えよう