central
英 ['sentr(ə)l]
美 ['sɛntrəl]
- adj.中心; 主要な; 極めて重要な
- n. 電話交換機
英語の語源
- central (adj.)
- 1640s, from French central or directly from Latin centralis "pertaining to a center," from centrum (see center (n.)). Centrally is attested perhaps as early as early 15c., which might imply a usage of central earlier than the attested date.
Slightly older is centric (1580s). As a U.S. colloquial noun for "central telephone exchange," first recorded 1889 (hence, "Hello, Central?"). Central processing unit attested from 1961. Central America is attested from 1826.
例文
- 1. The central heating 's been turned off.I 've turned it on again.
- 中央暖房システムがオフになっています。また開けました。
- 2.Non-violence and patience are the central tenets of their faith.
- 非暴力と忍耐が彼らの信仰の核心原則である。
- 3.What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
- が彼をこの地域に引きつけたのは、そこがロンドン中心部に近いからだ。
- 4.Pope John Paul celebrated mass today in a city in central Poland.
- 法王パウロ2世は今日、ポーランド中部の都市でミサを執り行った。
- 5.Another change that Sue made was to install central heating.
- 休が行ったもう1つの変更は、セントラルヒーティングシステムをインストールすることです。