weaver
織り手
解説 Definition
糸を織り機で縦糸と横糸を交差させて布を作る職人。織物を製造する技術者。
A weaver is a person who makes cloth by crossing threads together on a loom or by hand. The word is used in textiles, crafts, and traditional industries. It refers to both skilled handworkers and people who do this as a job.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
「織り手」は、糸や模様を織り上げる人を表す語として押さえます。weave は「織る」、-er は「〜する人」なので、手仕事や工芸の文脈で「織る役割を担う人」と考えると覚えやすいです。loom, pattern, traditional techniques と一緒に出やすい語です。
Break it into "weave + -er," just like "teach + -er" becomes "teacher." If you know "weave," the noun is easy to build. It helps to connect it with cloth and fabric, and to contrast it with "knitter," who makes things by knitting, not weaving.
例文
The skilled weaver created beautiful patterns.
その熟練した織工は美しいパターンを作成した。
The weaver used traditional techniques.
その織工は伝統的な技術を使用した。
Ancient weavers produced high-quality textiles.
古代の織工は高品質の織物を生産した。
weaver の類義語・関連語
weaver の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 wefan「織る」から来た動詞 weave に、行為者を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた語です。意味は文字どおり「織る人」で、web や interweave も同じ語根なので、糸や線を組み合わせる感覚が核だとわかります。
Weaver is built from weave plus the agent ending -er, so it literally meant "a person who weaves." Weave comes from Old English wefan, meaning "to weave." The root idea is joining threads together into a pattern, and related words like web and interweave show the same sense of things being linked or woven together.
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