alternate
英 ['ɔːltəneɪt; 'ɒl-]
美 ['ɔltɚnət]
- vi. 交互に交代する。
- vt. 交互に行う；交代する
- adj.交互に；交代して
- n. 入れ替わる
語源
alternate オルタネートalter、change、take turns.nは、発音しやすいように鼻音文字を挿入する。
英語の語源
- alternate (adj.)
- 1510s, from Latin alternatus "one after the other," past participle of alternare "to do first one thing then the other; exchange parts," from alternus "one after the other, alternate, in turns, reciprocal," from alter "the other" (see alter). Alternate means "by turns;" alternative means "offering a choice." Both imply two kinds or things.
- alternate (v.)
- 1590s, from Latin alternatus, past participle of alternare (see alternate (adj.)). Replaced Middle English alternen "to vary, alternate" (early 15c.). Related: Alternated; alternating.
- alternate (n.)
- 1718, "that which alternates (with anything else)," from alternate (adj.). Meaning "a substitute" is first attested 1848.
例文
- 1. The three acts will alternate as headliners throughout the tour.
- の3つの番組がツアー全体で順番にトップカードを打つ。
- 2.Now you just alternate layers of that mixture and egggplant.
- 今はナスと和え物を交互に置くだけです。
- 3.His group was forced to turn back and take an alternate route.彼のグループは強制的に戻って別のルートを選択した。
- 4.Lesley had agreed to Jim going skiing in alternate years.
- レスリーはジムが1年おきに雪を滑ることに同意した。
- 5.They were streaked with alternate bands of colour.
- それぞれには、さまざまな色の縞模様があります。
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