意味一覧 (2件)
無精ひげ
解説 Definition
無精ひげとは、数日間剃らずに放置した顎や頬に生えた短い毛のことです。完全な髭ではなく、短く粗い毛が点在するような状態を指します。
Stubble is short hair that starts to grow on a man's face after shaving. It usually appears after one or a few days without shaving. The word can also refer to short stalks left in a field after crops are cut, but facial hair is the more common meaning.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
shave のあと、skin から短く硬い hair が少し伸びてざらざらする状態を思い浮かべるとよい。stubble は整えて伸ばした beard ではなく、数時間から数日で出る短い無精ひげを指す。his face was covered in stubble や dark stubble のように顔の見た目・手触りを描写する文脈でよく出る。これは stubble の「刈り株」という基本義とは別に、短く残ったものという比喩で顔の毛に使う意味です。
Think of `stub`, something short left behind after cutting. `Stubble` is the short, rough hair left after shaving, not a full beard. Compare them this way: `mustache` is above the lip, `beard` is full facial hair, and `stubble` is the short prickly stage in between.
例文
He appeared with several days of stubble on his face.
彼は数日分の無精ひげを付けて現れました。
The actor's stubble added to his rugged appearance.
その俳優の無精ひげは彼の粗野な外見を強調しました。
She ran her fingers across his dark stubble.
彼女は彼の黒い無精ひげに指を走らせました。
刈り株
(意味 2)解説 Definition
stubble は、麦や稲などの作物を刈り取ったあと、畑や地面に短く残った茎を指す名詞です。収穫後の畑の様子を描写するときによく使われ、一本の株というより一面に残った短い茎の集合を表します。
Stubble is the short stems that remain in a field after crops such as wheat or rice have been cut. It is usually used to describe the surface of a field after harvest, when many small stalks are still standing. The word refers to the short leftover growth as a group, not to one single plant.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
stub は「短く残った端・切り株」の感覚を持つ語です。stubble も同じく、crop を cut したあと field に短く残る stalk の集まりと考えると覚えやすい。stalk は一本の「茎」、straw は乾いた「わら」ですが、stubble は収穫後の畑に残った短い茎そのものを指す。別義の「無精ひげ」も、顔に短く残る毛という同じイメージから来ています。
Think of stub, which means a short piece left after something has been cut off. Stubble has the same image: after crops are cut, short stalks are still left in the field. A stalk is one stem, and straw is dried plant material, but stubble is the short stems left standing after harvest. The other meaning, "short beard growth," comes from the same idea of something short left on the surface.
例文
After the wheat was harvested, the field was covered with stubble.
小麦を刈り取ったあと、畑は刈り株で一面おおわれていた。
In autumn, the golden stubble shone in the late afternoon sun.
秋には、黄金色の刈り株が夕方の光の中で輝いていた。
The farmer burned the dry stubble before preparing the soil for the next crop.
農家は次の作物のために土を整える前に、乾いた刈り株を焼いた。
stubble の語源・成り立ち Etymology
stubble は古フランス語 estoble、さらにラテン語 stipula「わら・茎」に由来し、もとは刈り取り後に残る短い茎のことでした。そこから顔に残る短く硬い毛にも使われるようになり、stub や stipule にも近い「短く突き出た残り」の感覚が見えます。
Stubble came through Old French from Latin stipula, meaning straw or stalk. It first referred to the short stalks left in a field after crops were cut. Later, the same image of short stiff remains was applied to the small rough hairs left on a man's face after shaving. It is related in sense to words like stub, which also suggest something short and left over.
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