livery
英 ['lɪv(ə)rɪ]
美 ['lɪvəri]
語源
制服古フランス語のlivrer(配る、届ける)から。語源的にはdeliver(届ける、届ける)と同じ。使用人に配られる制服や手当、馬に配られる馬糧に由来し、後に主に使用人に配られる制服を指すようになった。
英語の語源
- livery (n.)
- c. 1300, "household allowance of any kind (food, provisions, clothing) to retainers or servants," from Anglo-French livere (late 13c.), Old French livrée, "allowance, ration, pay," originally "(clothes) delivered by a master to his retinue," from fem. past participle of livrer "to dispense, deliver, hand over," from Latin liberare (see liberate). The sense later was reduced to "servants' rations" and "provender for horses" (mid-15c.). The former led to the meaning "distinctive clothing given to servants" (early 14c.); the latter now is obsolete except in livery stable (1705). Related: Liveried.
例文
- 1. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
- 彼女は派手な制服を着て、パウダーウィッグをかぶった召使いたちによって世話をしている。
- 2.Suddenly a footman in livery came running out of the wood.
- 突然、制服を着た聴差が森から飛び出した。
- 3.The door was opened by a servant in livery .
- ドアは制服を着た召使いによって開かれた。
- 4.They had a footman in livery with them.
- 彼女たちはラッパを着た男の召使いが世話をしている。
- 5.A sedate person out of livery approached them and relieved the maid of her bags.
- 制服を着ていない人が歩いてきて、メイドからバッグを受け取った。
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