英単語

reelの意味・使い方・発音

reel

英 [riːl] 美 [ril]
  • vi.転がる;眩惑する;よろめく;ひるむ
  • vt. 転がる;回転させる
  • n.足がすくむ;目がくらむ;回転する
  • n.(リール)人の名前;(地)リール

語源


リール

古英語のhreol, spinning reel, spinning reelから。語源は不明。おそらくPIE*sker(曲げる、回す、編む)が語源で、ring、cradleと同じ起源。

英語の語源


reel (n.1)
"frame turning on an axis," especially one on which thread is wound, late Old English hreol "reel for winding thread," from Proto-Germanic *hrehulaz; probably related to hr?gel "garment," and Old Norse hr?ll "spindle," from PIE *krek- "to weave, beat" (cognates: Greek krokus "nap of cloth").

Specifically of the fishing rod attachment from 1726; of a film projector apparatus from 1896. Reel-to-reel type of tape deck is attested from 1958.
reel (n.2)
"lively Highland dance," 1580s, probably a special use of reel (n.1), which had a secondary sense of "a whirl, whirling movement" (1570s) or from reel (v.1). Applied to the music for such a dance from 1590s.
reel (v.1)
"to whirl around," late 14c., also "sway, swing, rock, become unsteady" (late 14c.), "stagger as a result of a blow, etc." (c. 1400), probably from reel (n.1), on notion of "spinning." Of the mind, from 1796. Related: Reeled; reeling.
reel (v.2)
"to wind on a reel," late 14c., from reel (n.1). Verbal phrase reel off "recite without pause or effort" is from 1837. Fishing sense is from 1849. Related: Reeled; reeling.

例文


1. The musicians burst into a rousing rendition of "Padddy Casey 's Reel ".
これらの音楽家は『パディー?ケーシーのリルダンス曲』を情熱的に演じた。

2.The rod bent double,the reel shrieked and ratcheted.
操作レバーはさらに曲がり、ボビンは耳障りなきしむ音を立てた。

3.a reel on a fishing rod
釣り竿のリール

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4.Baker 's rod is splintered,and Mond 's reel is out of fix.
ベイダーの釣り竿は割れているが、モンドの巻線は壊れている。

5.He won three games off the reel .
彼は3連勝した。

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