turns
順番
解説 Definition
turns は turn（順番）の複数形です。人が何かをする番が複数あるときや、交代で行うことを表すときに使います。
The plural of “turn,” referring to separate opportunities for people to do something in an agreed order. It commonly appears in “take turns,” meaning that two or more people perform an activity one after another.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
turn「回転・向きを変える」から、「機会が次の人へ回る」という比喩で「順番」の意味になり、turns はその規則的な複数形です。発音は語末が有声音なので /z/。take turns doing「交代で〜する」、wait for your turn「自分の番を待つ」を場面ごと覚えると定着します。
Connect this meaning with the physical idea of turning: an opportunity passes around a group until it reaches each person. “Turns” is the regular plural of “turn,” and its final “-s” is pronounced /z/ because it follows a voiced sound. Learn it through two common patterns: “take turns doing something” means to do it alternately, while “wait for your turn” means to wait for your own opportunity. Picture children sharing one toy or several readers continuing a story one after another.
例文
We take turns.
私たちは順番にします。
The children waited for their turns.
子どもたちは自分の順番を待ちました。
They took turns reading the story.
彼らは順番にその物語を読みました。
turns の類義語・関連語
turns の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 turnian、ラテン語 tornare（旋盤で回す）から。語根はギリシャ語 tornos（回転する道具）。「回す→交替する→順番」と意味が派生。関連語：tornado（竜巻）、tour（巡回）。回転の概念が「次の人に回す」順番の意味に発展した。
“Turns” is the regular plural of “turn.” English “turn” came through Old English and Anglo-French forms ultimately related to Latin tornare, “to shape on a lathe,” from tornus, “lathe.” The original idea of rotation developed into changing direction and then passing an opportunity from one person to the next. This semantic development produced the noun sense “a person’s allotted time or opportunity to act.”
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