Bob's your uncleというフレーズでよく使われるBobはロバートのニックネームで、あらゆる権力者を指す。中国語の "My father is Li Gang" に似ている。
ボブ
水中でボールが上下に揺れる音を模した擬音語。
英語の語源
bob (v.1)
"move with a short, jerking motion," late 14c., probably connected to Middle English bobben "to strike, beat" (late 13c.), perhaps of echoic origin. Another early sense was "to make a fool of, cheat" (early 14c.). Related: Bobbed; bobbing. The sense in bobbing for apples (or cherries) recorded by 1799.
bob (n.2)
"short hair," 1680s, attested 1570s in sense of "a horse's tail cut short," from earlier bobbe "cluster" (as of leaves), mid-14c., a northern word, perhaps of Celtic origin (compare Irish baban "tassel, cluster," Gaelic babag). Used over the years in various senses connected by the notion of "round, hanging mass," such as "weight at the end of a line" (1650s). The hair sense was revived with a shift in women's styles early 20c. (verb 1918, noun 1920). Related words include bobby pin, bobby sox, bobsled, bobcat.
bob (n.1)
"act of bobbing," 1540s, from bob (v.1). As a slang word for "shilling" it is attested from 1789, but the signification is unknown.
例文
1. ボブ died of a heart attack，brought on by his lifestyle.
ボブは彼の生き方による心臓発作で死んだ。
2. Bob slid from his chair and lay prone on the floor.
ボブは椅子から滑り落ち、床に腹ばいになった。
3. Bob tried the door.To his surprise it opened.
ボブはドアを押してみた。驚いたことに、ドアが開いていた。
4. Bob Marley provided them with their first taste of Reggae music.
ボブ?マリーは彼らに初めてレゲエ音楽に触れさせた。
5.He weaved around the tables to where she sat with Bob .