cottonの意味・使い方・発音

cotton

英 ['kɒt(ə)n] 美 ['kɑtn]

コットン

アラビア語から。

cotton: cotton: [14] As with knowledge of the plant, its name cotton came to Europe from the Middle East. It originated in Arabic qutn, which passed via Spanish into the other languages of Europe. English acquired it via Old French coton. The verbal idiom cotton (on) to ‘come to understand’ developed in the 20th century from an earlier ‘harmonize, agree’. This in turn has been traced back to a still earlier ‘prosper’, which seems to have originated in the 16th century with the notion of the successful raising of the nap on cotton cloth.
cotton (n.): late 13c., from Old French coton (12c.), ultimately (via Proven?al, Italian, or Old Spanish) from Arabic qutn, a word perhaps of Egyptian origin. Philip Miller of the Chelsea Physic Garden sent the first cotton seeds to American colony of Georgia in 1732. Also ultimately from the Arabic word, Dutch katoen, German Kattun, Proven?al coton, Italian cotone, Spanish algodon, Portuguese algod?o. Cotton gin is recorded from 1794 (see gin (n.2)).
cotton (v.): "to get on with" someone (usually with to), 1560s, perhaps from Welsh cytuno "consent, agree." But perhaps also a metaphor from cloth finishing and thus from cotton (n.). Related: Cottoned; cottoning.

1. Some of the food crops failed.However，the cotton did quite well.: 一部の穀物は不作である。しかし、綿花の収穫はなかなかよい。

2.Because it was warm，David wore only a white cotton shirt.: 暖かくなったので、デービッドは白い綿のシャツを1枚しか着ていませんでした。

3. Prices start at ￡13.95 a metre for printed cotton .: プリント綿布は1メートルあたり13.95ポンドで販売されている。

4.He was wearing cotton pants and an open-necked shirt.: 彼は純綿のズボンと開襟シャツを着ている。

5.He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.: ブラウンコーデュロイのズボンと白いコットンシャツを着ています。