famous
英 ['feɪməs]
美 ['feməs]
語源
英語の語源
- famous (adj.)
- late 14c., "celebrated in public report, renowned, well-known" also "notorious, infamous," from Anglo-French famous, Old French fameus (Modern French fameux), from Latin famosus "much talked of, renowned," often "infamous, notorious, of ill repute," from fama (see fame (n.)). A native word for this was Old English namcue, literally "name-known." Catch phrase famous last words in the humorous sense "remark likely to prove fatally wrong" is attested from 1921 (early lists of them include "Let's see if it's loaded ... We'll get across before the train comes ... Which one is the third rail? ... Light up, it can't explode").
例文
- 1. The chalky soil around Saumur produces the famous Anjou wines.
- ソミール周辺のチョーク質土壌から有名なアンペリウムワインが生産されている。
- 2.The towof whitby was immortalised in Bram Stoker 's famous Dracula story.
- ホイットビータウンは、ブラム?ストークの有名な吸血鬼の物語で後世に知られている。
- 3.Later he was to become famous as a pacifist.
- 後に彼は有名な平和主義者になった。
- 4.With nothing but his own talent,he made himself rich and famous .
- 彼は何も持っておらず、自分の才能だけで豊かになることで有名だ。
- 5."Robinson Crusoe "is one of the most famous books in the world.
- 『ロビンソン漂流記』は世界的な名作です。