natural
英 ['nætʃ(ə)r(ə)l]
美 ['nætʃrəl]
- adj.自然な; 物質的な; 生まれつきの; 実証的でない
- n.自然なもの; 馬鹿; 生まれつきの音
- n. (自然な)人名;(西)ナトゥラル
語源
英語の語源
- natural (adj.)
- c. 1300, naturel, "of one's inborn character; hereditary, by birth;" early 14c. as "of the world of nature (especially as opposed to man)," from Old French naturel "of nature, conforming to nature; by birth," and directly from Latin naturalis "by birth, according to nature," from natura "nature" (see nature).
From late 15c. as "not miraculous, in conformity with nature." Meaning "easy, free from affectation" is attested from c. 1600. Of things, "not artificially created," c. 1600. As a euphemism for "illegitimate, bastard" (of children), it is first recorded c. 1400, on notion of blood kinship (but not legal status).
Natural science is from late 14c.; natural law is from early 15c. Natural order "apparent order in nature" is from 1690s. Natural childbirth first attested 1933. Natural life, usually in reference to the duration of life, is from late 15c. Natural history is from 1560s (see history). To die of natural causes is from 1570s. - natural (n.)
- "person with a natural gift or talent," 1925, originally in prizefighting, from natural (adj.). In Middle English, the word as a noun meant "natural capacity, physical ability or power" (early 14c.), and it was common in sense "a native of a place" in Shakespeare's day. Also in 17c., "a mistress."
例文
- 1. The ball is made of rattan-a natural fibre.
- このボールは天然繊維である省藤から作られている。/
- 2.Vintage ports must be decanted to remove natural sediments.
- 上等のポルトワインは、自然沈殿物を除去するために他の容器に注ぐ必要があります。
- 3.Mainline feminism was arguing for the inherent beauty of the natural woman.
- 主流フェミニズム思想は女性の生まれつきの自然美を提唱している。
- 4.I think they saw it as a natural progression for me.
- 彼らは私にとって順当だと思っていると思います。
- 5.Lorenzo was a natural leader who made friends easily.
- ロレンゾは生まれつきのリーダーで、交友が上手だ。
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