Berlin
英 美 [bɝ'lɪn]
英語の語源
- Berlin
- city in Brandenburg, capital of Germany, traditionally by folk-etymology from German B?r "bear," but likely from a Slavic source, compare Old Polabian berl-, birl- "swamp," in reference to the old city's location on low, marshy ground along the River Spree. A flashpoint city in the Cold War, the Berlin airlift ran from June 28, 1948 to May 12, 1949. The Berlin Wall began to be built Aug. 15, 1961, and was effective until Nov. 9, 1989.
- berlin (n.)
- old type of four-wheeled covered carriage, 1690s, so called because it was introduced in Brandenburg, c. 1670; see Berlin. Hence berline (from the French form) "automobile with a glass partition behind the driver's seat." In reference to a type of wool and the popular patterns made for it, from 1841.
例文
- 1. Eating in East Berlin used to be a hazardous and joyless experience.
- 東ベルリンで食事をするのは危険で退屈なことだった。
- 2.Reports speak of Berlin putting together an aid package for Moscow.
- ベルリンが包括的なモスクワ支援計画を策定していると報告した。
- 3.Within Germany，the city of Berlin lay in ruins.
- ドイツではベルリン市は満目創痍だった。
- 4.London 's musical life might become as exciting as Berlin 's.
- ロンドンの音楽生活はベルリンのようにエキサイティングになるかもしれない。
- 5.Hitler himself committed suicide as Soviet forces were closing in on Berlin .
- ソ連軍がベルリンに迫るとヒトラーは自殺した。