c. 1300, "narrow band or strip of cloth" (oldest use is as a technical term in heraldry), from Old French label, lambel "ribbon, fringe worn on clothes" (13c., Modern French lambeau "strip, rag, shred, tatter"), possibly from Frankish *labba or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German lappa "flap"), from Proto-Germanic *lapp- (see lap (n.)).
Later "dangling strip of cloth or ribbon used as an ornament in dress," "strip attached to a document to hold a seal" (both early 15c.), and with a general meaning "tag, sticker, slip of paper" (1670s). Meaning "circular piece of paper in the center of a gramophone record" (1907), containing information about the recorded music, led to meaning "a recording company" (1947).
label (v.)
"to affix a label to," c. 1600, see label (n.); figurative sense of "to categorize" is from 1853. Related: Labeled; labeling; labelled; labelling.
例文
1. "Eat before Jul 14" was stamped on the label .
ラベルには「7月14日までにお召し上がりください」と印刷されています。
2."Eat before JULY 14 "was stamped on the label .
ラベルには、「7月14日までに食べる」というスタンプが押してあります。
3.I can 't bear people who make judgements and label me.
私は人々が私のことをあれこれ論じるのが嫌いです。
4.Affix the blue airmail label and leave the rest to us.
青いメールラベルを貼り、残りのことは私たちに任せてください。
5.One wine shop is coining money selling Wembley- label champagne.