late 14c., from Gaelic loch "lake, narrow arm of the sea," cognate with Old Irish loch "body of water, lake," Breton lagen, Anglo-Irish lough, Latin lacus (see lake (n.1)). The Loch Ness monster is first attested 1933.
例文
1. They spent their afternoons playing golf-extremely badly,I may add-around Loch Lomond.
彼らは午後からロモンド湖のほとりでゴルフをしています。ちなみに、球技は最悪です。
2.The loch 's overflow cascades into the waterfalls of a Japanese water garden.
溢れ出た湖水が流れ落ち、和風水景ガーデンの滝を形成した。
3. Loch plainly felt guilty about it.
ロハは明らかに罪悪感を感じている。
4.a reported sighting of the Loch Nessモンスト
ニース湖の怪物を見た人がいると報道されている
5.There have been many attempts,both light-hearted and serious,to locate the Loch Ness Monster.