figment
英 ['fɪgm(ə)nt]
美 ['fɪɡmənt]
語源
フィグメント?フィクションPIE*dheigh「こねる」「作る」「形づくる」から、語源的にはdough(生地)、fiction(作り話)と同じ。
英語の語源
- figment (n.)
- early 15c., "something invented or imagined, a myth or fable; deceitful practice; false doctrine," from Latin figmentum "something formed or fashioned, creation," related to figura "shape" (see figure (n.)). Related: Figmental; figmentary.
例文
- 1. The figure vanished as silently as if it had simply been a figment of her imagination.
- その人影は音もなく消え、まるですべてが彼女の空想にすぎないようだ。
- 2.The attack wasn 't just a figment of my imagination.
- 襲撃は私が想像したものではありません。
- 3.Yes.You are a figment of the past!
- そう、あなたは過去の幻影!
- 4.Is this spider thing a figment of your imagination,too?
- この毒蜘蛛のようなものもあなたが空から作ったのではないでしょうか。
- 5.He 's a figment ,a cipher,jabberwocky.
- 彼は虚像、幻影、空言..
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