茅葺き職人
解説 Definition
thatcherは、わらや葦などの植物素材を使って屋根を葺いたり修理したりする茅葺き職人です。伝統的な家屋の屋根工事をする人を指します。
A thatcher is a craftsperson who builds or repairs roofs using bundles of straw, reeds, or similar plant material. Thatchers are particularly associated with traditional rural buildings, and Thatcher also occurs as a surname derived from this occupation.
使い方 Usage
使い分け Common distinctions
- 職業名は通常thatcherと小文字で書きます。Thatcherは、この職業名に由来する姓としても使われます。 The occupation is normally written thatcher in lowercase. Thatcher is also used as a surname derived from the occupation.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
thatch「わら・葦などで屋根を葺く」に、人を表す-erを付けてthatcher。古いコテージの屋根に植物の束を重ねる職人を思い浮かべましょう。
Combine thatch, meaning to cover a roof with straw or reeds, with -er for the person doing the work. Picture a craftsperson laying bundles of plant material on an old cottage roof.
例文
The thatcher spent three weeks carefully re-roofing the old cottage.
茅葺き職人は古いコテージの屋根を丁寧に葺き直すのに3週間かけた。
thatcher の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
thatcher の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 þæc（屋根）に由来し、藁や茅で屋根を葺く職人を指す thatcher が生まれた。語根はゲルマン祖語 *þakam（覆い）。関連語: thatch（茅葺き）、deck（覆う→甲板）。マーガレット・サッチャー元首相の姓も「屋根葺き職人」の家系名に由来する。
Thatcher is formed from thatch plus the occupational suffix -er, literally identifying a person who thatches roofs. Thatch belongs to an old Germanic word group associated with covering a building and is related to Old English þæc, meaning a roof or covering. Like many English surnames such as Baker and Carpenter, Thatcher became an inherited family name from an ancestor's occupation.
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