英単語

plasticの意味・使い方・発音

plastic

英 ['plæstɪk] 美 ['plæstɪk]
  • adj.プラスチック; (外科)モデリング; 成形可能
  • n.プラスチック;可塑性;成形可能な体

語源


plastic プラスチック, 成形可能

ラテン語のplasticus(形成する、型にはめる)から、ギリシャ語のplastos(形成する、広げる)から、PIE*pele(広げる、平らにする)から。

英語の語源


plastic
plastic: [16] Plastic is etymologically a ‘mouldable’ substance. The word comes via French plastique and Latin plasticus from Greek plastikós ‘fit for moulding’, a derivative of the verb plássein ‘mould’ (source also of English plasma [18] and plaster). Up until the 20th century its main use in English was as an adjective, meaning ‘pliable’. The first record of its use for a ‘synthetic material made from organic compounds’ comes from 1909. The trade-name Plasticine was coined from it in the 1890s.
=> plasma, plaster
plastic (n.)
1905, "solid substance that can be molded," originally of dental molds, from plastic (adj.). Main current meaning, "synthetic product made from oil derivatives," first recorded 1909, coined by Leo Baekeland (see bakelite).
plastic (adj.)
1630s, "capable of shaping or molding," from Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos "able to be molded, pertaining to molding, fit for molding," also in reference to the arts, from plastos "molded, formed," verbal adjective from plassein "to mold" (see plasma). Surgical sense of "remedying a deficiency of structure" is first recorded 1839 (in plastic surgery). Meaning "made of plastic" is from 1909. Picked up in counterculture slang with meaning "false, superficial" (1963). Plastic explosive (n.) attested from 1894.

例文


1. It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics.
シックできれいな模様のプラスチックケースに入っています。

2.She even had plastic surgery to change the shape of her nose.
鼻の形を変えるために整形手術まで受けた。

3.Cover with plastic film and refrigerate for 24 hours.
ラップをかけ、24時間冷蔵する。

4.It was I who first raised the subject of plastic surgery.
は私が整形手術という話題に言及した最初のものです。

5.Holidaymakers should beware of using plastic cards in foreign cash dispensers.
バカンスに出かけるときは、外貨引き出し機で銀行カードを使用するときは注意してください。

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