panorama: [18] The word panorama was coined in the late 1780s by an Irish artist called Robert Barker for a method he had invented for painting a scene on the inside of a cylinder in such a way that its perspective would seem correct to someone viewing it from inside the cylinder. He put his invention into practice in 1793 when he opened his ‘Panorama’, a large building in Leicester Square, London where the public could come and gaze at such all-encompassing scenes. By the early years of the 19th century the word (formed from the prefix pan- ‘all’ and Greek hórāma ‘view’, a derivative of horān ‘see’) had acquired all its modern extended meanings.
panorama (n.)
1796, "a painting on a revolving cylindrical surface," coined c. 1789 by inventor, Irish artist Robert Barker, literally "a complete view," from pan- "all" + Greek horama "sight, spectacle, that which is seen," from horan "to look, see," possibly from PIE root *wer- (4) "to perceive" (see ward (n.)). Meaning "comprehensive survey" is 1801.
例文
1. There is a superb panorama of the mountains from the hotel.
旅館からは山が重なり合う雄大な景観を満喫することができる。
2.As I opened the scroll，a panorama of the Yellow River unfolded.
私が巻物を開けると、黄河の光景が目の前に広がった。
3.A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.
谷の広大なパノラマが目の前に広がっている。
4.Horton looked out over a panorama of fertile valleys and gentle hills.
ホートンは外を見ると、肥沃な谷地と緩やかな丘陵が一望できる。
5.From the summit there is a superb panorama of the Alps.