英単語

descentの意味・使い方・発音

descent

英 [dɪ'sent] 美 [dɪ'sɛnt]
  • n.落下; 系統; 攻撃
  • 臭いを消す;風味をなくす

英語の語源


descent (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French descente "descent, descendance, lineage," formed from descendre (see descend) on analogy of French nouns such as attente from attendre "to expect," vente "sale" from vendre "to sell," pente "slope" from pendre "to hang" (the etymological English word from Latin would be *descence).

Figurative use is from late 14c. Meaning "action of descending," also "a downward slope" is from 1590s. Meaning "act of descending from an ancestor" is from mid-14c. Evolutionary sense is from 1859 in Darwin, though there are uses which suggest essentially the same thing going back to 1630s.

例文


1. When entering a trail or starting a descent ,yield to other skiers.
スキー道に入ったり滑り降り始めたりするときは、他のスキーヤーに道を譲る必要があります。

2.The plane began its descent to Heathrow.
飛行機がヒースロー空港に着陸し始めた。

3.The marriage was considered especially ignominious since she was of royal descent .
王族出身のため、この結婚は恥辱的だとされている。

4.We watched anxiously during her descent from the tree.
私たちは彼女が木から登ってくるのを焦って見ている。

5.The descent of the mountain took nearly two hours.
下山差は2時間もかからなかった。

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