marbles
英 美
- n. marble; marbles（大理石の複数形）; [造られた]大理石の彫刻
- v. marbleise ...; marbleise meat evenly（大理石の3単数形）
英語の語源
- marbles (n.)
- children's game, from plural of marble (n.); first recorded by that name in 1709 but probably older (it was known in 13c. German as tribekugeln) and originally played with small balls of polished marble or alabaster, later clay; the modern glass ones with the colored swirl date from 1840s.
Meaning "mental faculties, common sense" is from 1927, American English slang, perhaps [OED] from earlier slang marbles "furniture, personal effects, 'the goods' " (1864, Hotten), a corrupt translation of French meubles (plural) "furniture" (see furniture).
例文
- 1. On the far side of the street，two boys were playing marbles .
- 街の向こうで、2人の男の子がパチンコをしています。
- 2.Let 's have a game of marbles .
- パチンコをしよう。
- 3.I 'll tell it to you，although you 'll probably think I 've lost my marbles .
- 私が狂っていると思っているかもしれないが、私はそれをあなたに教えます。
- 4.But they cared nothing for marbles ，or circus，or swimming，or anything.
- しかし、彼らは石のパチンコ、サーカス、水泳などのすべてのゲームに興味を持っていない。
- 5.The two marbles lay within a foot of each other.
- 2つのパチンコは1フィートも離れていない。
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