cruiser
英 ['kruːzə]
美 ['krʊzɚ]
英語の語源
- cruiser (n.)
- 1670s, agent noun from cruise (v.), or, probably, borrowed from similar words in neighboring languages (such as Dutch kruiser, French croiseur), originally a warship built to cruise and protect commerce or chase hostile ships (but in 18c. often applied to privateers).
Like the frigate of olden days the cruiser relies primarily on her speed; and is employed to protect the trade-routes, to glean intelligence, and to act as the 'eyes of the fleet'. [Sir Geoffrey Callender, "Sea Passages," 1943]
Meaning "one who cruises for sex partners" is from 1903, in later use mostly of homosexuals; as a boxing weight class, from 1920; meaning "police patrol car" is 1929, American English.
例文
- 1. The snow cruiser proved hopelessly unsuited to Antarctic conditions.
- 雪上車が南極地域で使用するのに全く適していないことが実証された。
- 2.The cruiser was heavily armoured.
- この巡洋艦には頑丈な装甲がある。
- 3.The cruiser was surrounded by the enemy.
- この巡洋艦は敵軍に包囲された。
- 4.The cruiser knifed through the heavy sea.
- 巡洋艦は荒れ狂う海を通り抜けた。
- 5.We made a cruiser in the distance.
- 遠くに巡洋艦が見えた。（カードの中）洗濯（カード）、フル（カード数）1周勝つ勝（一回り）⑵