eastern
英 ['iːst(ə)n]
美 ['istɚn]
- adj.東洋風; 東向き; 東風
- n. オリエンタル; （米国）イースタン
英語の語源
- eastern (adj.)
- Old English easterne "of the east, from the east; oriental; of the Eastern Orthodox Church; of the eastern part of the globe," from east + -erne, suffix denoting direction. Cognate with Old Saxon ostroni, Old High German ostroni, Old Norse austroenn. Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia so called from 1620s.
例文
- 1. Physical and ideological barriers had come down in Eastern Europe.
- 物質とイデオロギー上の障害は東欧には存在しない。
- 2.Two trains collided head-on in north- eastern Germany early this morning.
- 今朝、ドイツ北東部の2つの列車が正面衝突した。
- 3.Several countries in eastern Europe are counting the cost of yesterday 's earthquake.
- 東欧のいくつかの国が昨日の地震による損失を計算している。
- 4.Whereas West Germans drink wine,their Eastern cousins prefer Schnapps.
- 西ドイツ人はワインを、彼ら東ドイツ人の兄弟姉妹はジンを飲むのが好きだ。
- 5.Italy 's industrial districts are concentrated in its north-central and north- eastern regions.
- イタリアの工業地帯は同国の中北部と北東部に集中している。