fiery
英 ['faɪərɪ]
美 ['faɪəri]
語源
英語の語源
- fiery (adj.)
- late 13c., "flaming, full of fire," from Middle English fier "fire" (see fire (n.)) + -y (2). The spelling is a relic of one of the attempts to render Old English "y" in fyr in a changing system of vowel sounds. Other Middle English spellings include firi, furi, fuiri, vuiri, feri. From c. 1400 as "blazing red." Of persons, from late 14c. Related: Fieriness. As adjectives Old English had fyrb?re "fiery, fire-bearing;" fyren "of fire, fiery, on fire;" fyrenful; fyrhat "hot as fire."
例文
- 1. A helicopter crashed in a fiery explosion in Vallejo.
- ヘリコプターがワレホで爆発して炎上し、墜落した。
- 2.The fiery right-wing leader toned down his militant statements after the meeting.
- 言葉の激しい右翼指導者は、会議後に好戦的な発言を収束させた。
- 3.The song is a fiery mix of twanging guitar with relentless drumming.
- それはかき回したギターの音と密集した鼓動を交えた情熱的な曲だ。/
- 4.Both women have dramatic dark looks and,reputedly, fiery temperaments.
- 2人の女性は肌が真っ黒で、気性も激しいと言われている。
- 5.He 's got that fiery temper which scares the whatsit out of everybody.
- 彼はすべての人をびっくりさせるほど何でも転がしているような気性を持っている。
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