intersection
英 [ɪntə'sekʃ(ə)n]
美 [,ɪntɚ'sɛkʃən]
語源
交差点 交差点intersectから、交差する、横切る。
英語の語源
- intersection (n.)
- "act or fact of crossing," 1550s, from Middle French intersection (14c.) and directly from Latin intersectionem (nominative intersectio) "a cutting asunder, intersection," noun of action from past participle stem of intersecare "intersect, cut asunder," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + secare "to cut" (see section). Originally a term in geometry; meaning "crossroads" is from 1864.
例文
- 1. The policeman regulated traffic at the intersection .
- 警察は交差点で交通を指揮している。
- 2.The car stopped at a street intersection .
- この車は交差点に止まっています。
- 3.There is a stop sign at an intersection .
- 交差点に駐車標識がある。
- 4.Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.
- 橋は、鉄道と道路の直接交差を回避するために使用されます。
- 5.Richard took the truck across the intersection heading north.
- リチャードは交差点を通って北へ車を走らせた。
- -廊橋遺夢