イェール錠
解説 Definition
Yale は、平たい鍵で内部のピンをそろえて作動させるシリンダー錠の商標名で、通常は Yale lock の形で使われます。防犯性能は製品や仕様によって異なります。
Yale is a trademark used in the expression Yale lock for a type of cylinder lock operated by a flat key whose shaped edge moves pins inside the mechanism. Its level of security depends on the particular model and specification.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
錠前の yale は通常 Yale lock という形で使い、発明家一族の姓 Yale が製品方式の名になったものです。大学名の Yale と同じく本来は大文字ですが、錠の種類を一般名詞的に表す場合は小文字も見られます。pin-tumbler lock や Yale key と結び付けて覚えましょう。
Remember yale through the common expression Yale lock. The name comes from the Yale family of lock makers, so it began as a proper name rather than as a description of the lock’s shape. Picture inserting a flat Yale key into a cylinder: its uneven edge raises internal pins and allows the cylinder to turn. This connects yale with pin-tumbler lock, cylinder lock, and locksmith. Capitalization is common because Yale is a name, although lowercase use may occur when the word is treated as a general type of lock.
例文
The locksmith explained that the Yale lock on the front door was outdated.
その錠前師は玄関のイェール錠が時代遅れだと説明しました。
She inserted the flat key into the Yale lock.
彼女は平たい鍵をイェール錠に差し込みました。
The museum displayed antique Yale locks from the nineteenth century.
その博物館は19世紀のアンティークなイェール錠を展示していました。
yale の類義語・関連語
yale の語源・成り立ち Etymology
yale は「イェール錠」の意味では、19世紀の錠前発明家 Linus Yale 家の名が一般名詞化した語です。人名由来なので、『Yale 式の錠前』という商品・方式名が、そのまま錠の種類を表すようになったわけです。関連語は Yale lock, Yale key。
In the sense of a lock, Yale comes from the surname of the American lock-making family associated with Linus Yale Sr. and Linus Yale Jr. Their nineteenth-century lock designs made the name widely recognizable. Yale subsequently became a proprietary and sometimes general descriptive term for a cylinder or pin-tumbler lock, especially in British usage. The word is therefore an eponym derived from a family name.
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