pillow

• n. 枕
• vt.クッションにする；枕にする；...に寄りかからせる
• 頭を枕にする；枕にもたれかかる
• n. （枕）人名；（英）Pillow

古英語のpyle（枕）から、西ゲルマン語の*pulwi（ラテン語のpulvinus（クッション、枕）から借用、語源は不明。

pillow

pillow: [OE] Pillow in a recognizable form emerged in the 14th century. It was based on an inflected form of Old English pyle ‘pillow’. This came via a prehistoric West Germanic *pulwīn (source also of German pfühl and Dutch peluw ‘pillow’) from Latin pulvīnus ‘pillow’, a word of unknown origin.

pillow (n.)

Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle "pillow," from West Germanic *pulwi(n) (cognates: Old Saxon puli, Middle Dutch polu, Dutch peluw, Old High German pfuliwi, German Pfühl), an early borrowing (2c. or 3c.) from Latin pulvinus "little cushion, small pillow," of uncertain origin. Modern spelling is from mid-15c. Pillow fight (n.) attested from 1837; slang pillow talk (n.) first recorded 1939.

pillow (v.)

1620s, from pillow (n.). Related: Pillowed; pillowing.

1. I have a pillow with my name embroidered on it.

私には私の名前が刺繍された枕があります。

2.Sam snuggled down in his pillow and fell asleep.

サムは心地よく枕を枕にして眠りについた。

3.Tendrils of hair strayed to the edge of her pillow .

彼女の髪は枕元に散らばっていた。

4.The pillow cover can match up with the sheets.

この枕カバーはシーツと組み合わせることができます。

5.He tried to muffle the alarm clock by putting it under his pillow .

目覚まし時計を枕の下に詰め込み、音を低減しようとした。