ark: [OE] The notion underlying ark seems to be that of ‘enclosing or defending a space’. Its ultimate Latin source, arca ‘large box or chest’, was related to arx ‘citadel’ and to arcēre ‘close up’ (from which English gets arcane). Arca was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic, and came into English as ?rc. In addition to meaning ‘chest’ (a sense which had largely died out by the 18th century), it signified the ‘coffer in which the ancient Hebrews kept the tablets of the Ten Commandments’ – the Ark of the Covenant – and by extension, the large commodious vessel in which Noah escaped the Flood. => arcane, exercise
ark (n.)
Old English earc, mainly meaning Noah's but also the Ark of the Covenant, from Latin arca "large box, chest" (see arcane). Also borrowed in Old High German (arahha, Modern German Arche). From the Noachian sense comes extended meaning "place of refuge" (17c.). As the name of a type of ship or boat, from late 15c. In 19c. U.S., especially a large, flat-bottomed river boat to move produce, livestock, etc. to market.
例文
1. 「On Noah 's Ark ，'said somebody.
＜ノアの方舟の上で.＞民俗
The family came over in the ark .
という姓は方舟の時代にさかのぼることができる。
3.It cost about 65 cents a month to subscribe to the Pine Bluff， Ark .，Commercial.
彼はアーカンソー州エンブラフで出版された『ビジネス』紙を毎月約6角5分かけて購読している。
4.Deerslayer made the best dispositions he could to keep the ark as nearly stationary as possible.
鹿殺し屋はできるだけ平底船の位置を動かないようにしている。
5.Half an hour passed，during which time the ark had been slowly stealing over the water.