easy
英 ['iːzɪ]
美 ['izi]
- adj.楽に、快適に
- adv.楽に、快適に
- vi.パドリングを止める
- vt.パドリングを止める命令を出す
英語の語源
- easy
- easy: [12] Easy comes via Anglo-Norman aise from Old French aisie, the past participle of aisier ‘put at ease’, which in turn was a derivative of aise. This noun (source of English ease [13]) originally meant ‘convenience’ rather than ‘comfort’. It came from *adjaces, the Vulgar Latin descendant of Latin adjacēns ‘nearby’ (source of English adjacent and related to adjective), which was the present participle of the verb adjacēre ‘lie near’.
The progression of senses is thus ‘nearby’, ‘handy’, ‘convenient’, and eventually ‘comfortable’. The subsequent development to ‘not difficult’, which took place in the 14th century, is purely English, although Breton took the parallel step of borrowing French aise, as aes, to mean ‘not difficult’.
=> adjacent, adjective - easy (adj.)
- c. 1200, "at ease, having ease, free from bodily discomfort and anxiety," from Old French aisie "comfortable, at ease, rich, well-off" (Modern French aisé), past participle of aisier "to put at ease," from aise (see ease (n.)). Sense of "not difficult, requiring no great labor or effort" is from late 13c.; of conditions, "offering comfort, pleasant," early 14c. Of persons, "lenient, kind, calm, gentle," late 14c. Meaning "readily yielding, not difficult of persuasion" is from 1610s. The concept of "not difficult" was expressed in Old English and early Middle English by eate (adv.), iete (adj.), apparently common West Germanic (compare German ?de "empty, desolate," but of disputed origin.
Easy Street is from 1890. Easy money attested by 1889; to take it easy "relax" is from 1804 (be easy in same sense recorded from 1746); easy does it recorded by 1835. Easy rider (1912) was U.S. black slang for "sexually satisfying lover." The easy listening radio format is from 1961, defined by William Safire (in 1986) as, "the music of the 60's played in the 80's with the style of the 40's." Related: Easier; easiest.
例文
- 1. It is easy to appreciate the craftsmanship of Armani.
- アルマーニの精緻な技術は人々の称賛を得やすい。
- 2.This delicious variation on an omelette is quick and easy to prepare.
- という少し変わったおいしいオムレツは、早くて簡単に作れます。
- 3.Once he knew his father 's name，finding his whereabouts proved surprisingly easy .
- 父親の名前を知ると、父親の行方を探すのは驚くほど容易になる。
- 4.It 's easy to get a tummy upset from river water.
- 川の水を飲むとお腹を壊しやすい。
- 5.We found him very approachable and easy to talk with.
- とても愛想が良く、話しやすいと思います。
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