marvel

• n. 奇跡
• vt.驚く
• vi. 驚く
• n.（マーベル）人名；（英）マフラー

古フランス語のmarveille「驚き、不思議、奇跡」から。ラテン語のmirari「驚く、驚く」が語源で、語源的にはmirror「鏡」、miracle「奇跡」、smile「微笑み」と同じ。

marvel

marvel: see mirror

marvel (n.)

c. 1300, "miracle," also "wonderful story or legend," from Old French merveille "a wonder, surprise, miracle," from Vulgar Latin *miribilia (also source of Spanish maravilla, Portuguese maravilha, Italian maraviglia), altered from Latin mirabilia "wonderful things," from neuter plural of mirabilis "wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary; strange, singular," from mirari "to wonder at," from mirus "wonderful" (see smile). A neuter plural treated in Vulgar Latin as a feminine singular. Related: Marvels.

marvel (v.)

c. 1300, "to be filled with wonder," from Old French merveillier "to wonder at, be astonished," from merveille (see marvel (n.)). Related: Marveled; marveling.

1. It was a marvel that the floor never gave way.

驚いたことに床が陥没したことがない。

2.She 's marvel to be able to shoot with such accuracy.

彼女の射撃はそんなに上手で、本当に簡単ではありません。

3.Niagara Falls is one of the greatest marvel in the world.

ナイアガラの滝は世界の大絶景の1つです。

4.You 're a marvel ; how can you work so hard at your age.

あなたは奇才です;あなたのような年の人がどうしてこんなに一生懸命にやっているのですか。

5.The robot is a marvel of modern engineering.

ロボットは現代工学技術の奇跡である。