putty

• n. パテ; 酸化錫
• vt.パテで埋める
• n.（パテ）人の名前；（ハンガリー語）パテ

pot（壺）と-y（小語接尾辞）から。文字どおり、小さな瓶、後に瓶の中のパテ。potashと比較。

putty

putty: [17] Etymologically, putty is something that comes from a pot. It was borrowed from French potée ‘contents of a pot’, a derivative of pot ‘pot’. By the time English acquired it, it had come to be applied to a powder made from heated tin, used by jewellers for polishing, and for a cement made from lime and water, used as a top coating on plaster – both substances made in pots. The latter led on in English in the 18th century to the now familiar application to the window-pane sealant.
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putty (n.)

1630s, "type of plasterer's cement," from French potée "polishing powder" (12c.), originally "pot-full, contents of a pot," from Old French pot "container" (see pot (n.1)). Meaning "soft mixture for sealing window panes" first recorded 1706. Figurative use in reference to one easily influenced is from 1924. Putty knife attested from 1834.

putty (v.)

1734, from putty (n.). Related: Puttied; puttying.

1. When the clay feels like putty ，it is ready to use.

粘土がパテのように触ったときに使えます。

2.As soon as she starts crying，I 'm putty in her hands.

彼女が泣くと、私は彼女に100パーセント従う。

3.The hole has been stopped up with putty .

穴は泥で塞がれている。

4.The putty gives a good seal round the window.

窓周りの泥のパテ密封効果が高い。

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5.He was like putty in her hands.

彼は彼女の言いなりになった。