swimming pool
プール
解説 Definition
水泳をするために水を溜めた施設。屋内・屋外どちらもある。
A swimming pool is a large area of water made for swimming. It can be indoors or outdoors and is used at homes, schools, sports centers, and public places. The word is common in everyday English when talking about exercise, leisure, or summer activities.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
swimming pool は、まず swimming と pool に分けて『泳ぐための pool』とそのまま組み立てて覚えるのが最短です。pool 単体は『池・水たまり』だけでなく『共同資金・人材の集まり』の意味もあるので、swimming が前につくと『水泳用施設』に意味が固定される、と整理すると混乱しません。go to the swimming pool, swim in the pool, indoor/outdoor swimming pool のように、行く・泳ぐ・屋内外の組み合わせで場面ごと覚えると定着しやすいです。
Split it into swimming + pool: a pool for swimming. This helps because pool alone can mean other things too, but swimming pool fixes the meaning clearly. Remember everyday patterns like go to the swimming pool, swim in the pool, and indoor or outdoor swimming pool.
例文
The hotel has a swimming pool.
そのホテルにはプールがあります。
I swim in the swimming pool every Saturday.
毎週土曜日にプールで泳ぎます。
swimming pool の類義語・関連語
swimming pool の語源・成り立ち Etymology
swimming（泳ぐ）は古英語swimman（水中を移動する）から、pool（水たまり）は古英語pōl（池・水溜り）に由来。ゲルマン祖語に遡る基本語彙で、人工的な遊泳施設を指すようになったのは19世紀以降。関連語: swim（泳ぐ）、carpool（相乗り、別語源のpool＝共同出資）。
Swimming pool is built from swimming and pool. Swim comes from Old English swimman, and pool comes from Old English pōl, both old Germanic words. Pool originally referred to a natural body of still water, and later the phrase was used for an artificial place made for swimming. Related words include swim, while pool in carpool is a different development.
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