gown

• n. ローブ、チュニック; ガウン; ナイトガウン; 法衣
• vt.パジャマを着せる

ラテン語のgunna、革のコート、衣服から。

gown (n.)

long, loose outer garment, c. 1300, from Old French goune "robe, coat; (nun's) habit, gown," related to Late Latin gunna "leather garment, skin, hide," of unknown origin. Used by St. Boniface (8c.) for a fur garment permitted for old or infirm monks. Klein writes that it is probably "a word adopted from a language of the Apennine or the Balkan Peninsula." OED points to Byzantine Greek gouna, a word for a coarse garment sometimes made of skins, but also notes "some scholars regard it as of Celtic origin."

In 18c., gown was the common word for what now usually is styled a dress. It was maintained more in the U.S. than in Britain, but was somewhat revived 20c. in fashion senses and in combinations (such as bridal gown, nightgown). Meaning "flowing robe worn on official occasions as a badge of office or authority" is from late 14c. As collective singular for "residents of a university" (1650s) it typically is used in rhyming opposition to town.

1. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown .

彼女はベッドから忍び足で起き上がり、自分の朝の服を模索していた。

2.I was shoehorning myself into my skin-tight ball gown .

私は必死に私のタイトなイブニングドレスに自分を詰め込んでいます。

3.Wood was now comfortably enfolded in a woolly dressing- gown .

ウッドはウールの朝服を気持ちよく着ている。

4.Her gown was thin，and she shivered，partly from cold.

彼女のドレスは薄くて、全身が震えていて、半分は凍っています。

5.She finally found the perfect gown ，a beautiful creation trimmed with lace.

彼女はついに理想的なドレスを見つけた——レースをあしらった美しいロングドレス。