rocky
英 ['rɒkɪ]
美 ['rɑki]
- adj.岩のような、岩のような;岩のような;岩のような;岩のような;目が回るような
英語の語源
- rocky (adj.)
- "full of rocks," c. 1400, from rock (n.1) + -y (2); "unsteady," 1737, from rock (v.1). Meaning "difficult, hard" is recorded from 1873, and may represent a bit of both.
The Rocky Mountains so called by 1802, translating French Montagnes Rocheuses, first applied to the Canadian Rockies. "The name is not directly self-descriptive but is an approximate translation of the name of the former Native American people here known as the Assiniboin .... The mountains are in fact not noticeably rocky" [Room]. Bright notes that "These Indians were called /assiniipwaan/, lit. 'stone Sioux', by their Cree (Algonkian) neighbors".
例文
- 1. The paths are often very rocky so strong boots are advisable.
- 道中は通常石が多いので、丈夫で磨耗に強いブーツを履いたほうがいい。
- 2.Their relationship had gotten off to a rocky start.
- 彼らの関係はつまずきの中で始まった。
- 3.A walker fell 80 ft from a rocky pinnacle.
- ハイカーが80フィートの高さの尖った円錐形の岩から転落した。
- 4.The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky .
- この周りの田舎は風が多く石が多い。
- 5.seabirds nesting on rocky ledges
- 海鳥が岩棚に巣を作る