cargo
英 ['kɑːgəʊ]
美 ['kɑrɡo]
- n. 貨物、船の積荷
- n.(貨物)人名;(英?仏)Cargo
語源
貨物ラテン語のcarricare「積み込む」が語源。
英語の語源
- cargo
- cargo: see charge
- cargo (n.)
- 1650s, "freight loaded on a ship," from Spanish cargo "burden," from cargar "to load, impose taxes," from Late Latin carricare "to load on a cart" (see charge (v.)). South Pacific cargo cult is from 1949. Cargo pants attested from 1977.
例文
- 1. Fire may have breached the cargo tanks and set the oil ablaze.
- 大火は当時、貨物船のタンクを燃やして漏れた可能性があり、原油を引火した。
- 2.A fishing vessel and a cargo ship collided in rough seas.
- 漁船と貨物船が荒海で衝突した。
- 3.He loaded his vessel with another cargo and set sail.
- 彼は自分の船に別の貨物を積んで出航した。
- 4.Ferries are very powerful and manoeuvrable compared to cargo ships.
- フェリーは貨物船に比べて馬力が大きく操縦しやすい。
- 5.The cargo was due to be offloaded in Singapore three days later.
- 貨物は3日後にシンガポールでアンロードされる予定です。