英単語

burstの意味・使い方・発音

burst

英 [bɜːst] 美 [bɝst]
  • 噴出する、破裂する、爆発する。
  • 爆发,突发;爆炸
  • n.爆发,突发;爆炸
  • n.(爆)人名;(D.R.)破裂する。

語源


破裂

語源的にはbreakと同じ。

英語の語源


burst
burst: [OE] In Old English, burst meant simply ‘break suddenly and sharply’; the modern connotation of ‘breaking open owing to internal pressure’ developed in the 16th century. The word comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *brestan, which can be traced back to an Indo-European base *bhrest- (this has been linked with medieval Irish brosc ‘noise’).
burst (v.)
Old English berstan (intransitive) "break suddenly, shatter under pressure" (class III strong verb; past tense b?rst, past participle borsten), from a West Germanic metathesis of Proto-Germanic *brest- (cognates: Old Saxon brestan, Old Frisian bersta, Middle Dutch berstan, Low German barsten, Dutch barsten, Old High German brestan, German bersten "to burst"), from PIE root *bhres- "to burst, break, crack."

The forms reverted to brest- in Middle English from influence of Old Norse brestan/brast/brosten, from the same Germanic root, but it was re-metathesized late 16c. and emerged in the modern form, though brast was common as past tense through 17c. and survives in dialect.

Of extended or distended surfaces from 1530s. Figuratively, in reference to being over-full of excitement, anticipation, etc., from 1630s. Transitive sense ("to cause to break") is from late 13c. Meaning "to issue suddenly and abundantly" is from c. 1300 (literal), mid-13c. (figurative). Meaning "break into sudden activity or expression" is from 1680s. Related: Bursting.
burst (n.)
1610s, "act of bursting," from burst (v.). Meaning "a spurt" (of activity, etc.) is from 1862. The earlier noun berst (early Middle English) meant "damage, injury, harm."

例文


1. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
まぶしい日差しが玄関から差し込んできた。

2.Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.
彼女の盛んな情熱と日光の性格は私を征服した。

3.Rachel burst out as the door was flung open again.
ドアが再び勢いよく押し開けられると、レイチェルは飛び出した。

4.The avenues lined with jacaranda trees burst into a carnival of purple.
通りの両側には青い花ガジュマルが植えられ、咲いた花が紫色の海に合流している。

5.The men burst in wearing balaclavas and brandishing sawn-off shotguns.
顔隠し帽をかぶり、短管猟銃を振り回していた数人の男が突入した。

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