英単語

exploreの意味・使い方・発音

explore

英 [ɪk'splɔː; ek-] 美 [ɪk'splɔr]
  • vt. 探検する;探検する;探検する
  • vi. 探検する;探査する;探検する

語源


explore 探検する

ex-、外に向かって。-plor、叫ぶ、泣く、語源的にはdeploreと同じ。 もともとは猟師が狩りの際に叫んで森から鳥を追い出したが、後に探検に拡大された。

英語の語源


explore
explore: [16] Etymologically, to explore is to look for something by shouting. The word comes ultimately from Latin explorare ‘investigate’, which was based on the verb plorare ‘wail, cry out’ (source also of English deplore [16] and implore [16]), and it is thought that the word’s original scenario may have been hunters shouting to flush out (Latin ex- ‘out’) their quarry.
=> deplore, implore
explore (v.)
1580s, "to investigate, examine," a back-formation from exploration, or else from Middle French explorer (16c.), from Latin explorare "investigate, search out, examine, explore," said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "set up a loud cry," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plorare "to weep, cry." Compare deplore. Second element also is explained as "to make to flow," from pluere "to flow." Meaning "to go to a country or place in quest of discoveries" is first attested 1610s. Related: Explored; exploring.

例文


1. I would creep in and with stealthy footsteps explore the second-floor.
こっそり入って、2階を軽く見てみます。

2.The two hotel-restaurants are attractive bases from which to explore southeast Tuscany.
トスカーナ南東部を探検する人々にとって、この2つのホテルは魅力的な駐屯地です。

3.I just wanted to explore Paris,read Sartre,listen to Sidney Bechet.
パリをぶらぶらして、サトの作品を読んで、シドニー?ベルシェの音楽を聴いてみたい。

4.Children use fantasy to explore worrying aspects of real life.
子供たちは実際の生活で不安になる様々なことをファンタジーで探求している。

5.I want to explore and get in touch with my inner self.
私は真剣に探して、心の中の自分を知りたい。

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