electric

• adj.電気; 電動; 電気を発生させる; 導電性; 衝撃を与える
• n. 電気; 電気自動車; 帯電体

ラテン語のelectrum、琥珀から。古代人が、こはくがこすると他のものを引きつけることができることを発見したので、ラテン語の電気という言葉から借用された。

electric (adj.)

1640s, first used in English by physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682), apparently coined as Modern Latin electricus (literally "resembling amber") by English physicist William Gilbert (1540-1603) in treatise "De Magnete" (1600), from Latin electrum "amber," from Greek elektron "amber" (Homer, Hesiod, Herodotus), also "pale gold" (a compound of 1 part silver to 4 of gold); which is of unknown origin.

Vim illam electricam nobis placet appellare [Gilbert]

Originally the word described substances which, like amber, attract other substances when rubbed. Meaning "charged with electricity" is from 1670s; the physical force so called because it first was generated by rubbing amber. In many modern instances, the word is short for electrical. Figurative sense is attested by 1793. Electric light is from 1767. Electric toothbrush first recorded 1936; electric blanket in 1930. Electric typewriter is from 1958. Electric guitar is from 1938; electric organ coined as the name of a hypothetical future instrument in 1885.

1. All Dreamland 's electric blankets are guaranteed for three years.

すべてのドリームランドの電気毛布の品質保証3年間。

2.Water and electric hook-ups are available and facilities are good.

水も電気も接続でき、施設もいいです。

3.Hybrids，unlike pure electric cars，never need to be plugged in.

純電気自動車と異なり、ハイブリッド車は電源を接続する必要はありません。

4.The company，New England Electric ，burns coal to generate power.

ニューイングランド電力は石炭で発電している。

5.Inan electric power plant the heat converts water into high-pressure steam.

発電所では、熱エネルギーが水を高圧蒸気に変換する。