英単語

mildの意味・使い方・発音

mild

英 [maɪld] 美 [maɪld]
  • adj.マイルドな; 穏やかな; 穏やかな風味の; 穏やかなエレガントな; 有害物質を含まない
  • n. (英国の)ペールエール。
  • n. (マイルドな)人名;(スウェーデン語の)マイルドな;(ドイツ語、チェコ語、フィンランド語の)マイルドな

語源


マイルド

語源的にはmill, meld, meltと同じ。派生的にはmild, gentle, slightなど。

英語の語源


mild
mild: [OE] Mild goes back ultimately to Indo- European *meld-, *mold-, *mld-, which denoted ‘softness’ and also produced English melt and Latin mollis ‘soft’, source of English mollify and mollusc. From it was derived the Germanic adjective *milthjaz, whose modern descendant has shown remarkable formal stability: German, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, and English all share the word mild.
=> melt, mollify, mollusc, smelt
mild (adj.)
Old English milde "gentle, merciful," from Proto-Germanic *milthjaz- (cognates: Old Norse mildr, Old Saxon mildi, Old Frisian milde, Middle Dutch milde, Dutch mild, Old High German milti, German milde "mild," Gothic mildita "kindness"), from PIE *meldh-, from root *mel- "soft," with derivatives referring to soft or softened materials (cognates: Greek malthon "weakling," myle "mill;" Latin molere "to grind;" Old Irish meldach "tender;" Sanskrit mrdh "to neglect," also "to be moist"). Originally of persons and powers; of the weather from c. 1400, of disease from 1744. Also in Old English as an adverb, "mercifully, graciously."
Mild goes further than gentle in expressing softness of nature; it is chiefly a word of nature or character, while gentle is chiefly a word of action. [Century Dictionary]

例文


1. His captaincy of the team was ended by mild eye trouble.
彼は軽度の眼病を患って隊長を務めなくなった。

2.It wasn 't anything serious.A mild stomach upset,that 's all.
大したことはありません。ただ胃の調子が少し悪いだけで、他にはありません。

3.The wine goes with strong and mild cheese alike.
このお酒を飲むときは、濃いチーズや薄いチーズを組み合わせることができます。

4.Meteorologists have predicted mild rains for the next few days.
気象学者は次の数日は小雨が降ると予測している。

5. Mild jandice in the newborn is common and often clears without treatment.
新生児には軽い黄疸が見られ、治療を必要とせずに自然治癒することが多い。

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