seal

• n.印鑑；スタンプ；シール；印章；サイン
• vt.印鑑を押す
• vi. アザラシを狩る
• n. （印章）人の名前；（英）印章

古フランス語のseel, seal, stampから、ラテン語のsigillum, small picture, small seal, sealから、signum, markから、語源はsignと同じ。

中英語seleから、古英語seolhから、原ゲルマン語*selhaz, sealから、PIE*selk, 引っ張る、漕ぐ、sulkus, 溝、裂け目から。アザラシの2本の前肢は後肢より短く、陸上を移動するときは常に面倒な後肢を引きずり、体を曲げて這い、地面に溝のような足跡を残すことから、その行動から動物そのものに喩えた用法。百度百科」を参照。原義は豚で、文字通りアーチ状の動物であり、語源的には溝、溝、尾根と同じである。

seal

seal: Seal the animal [OE] and seal ‘impressed mark, closure’ [13] are of course different words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *selkhaz, a word of unknown origin which also produced Swedish s?l and Danish s?l. The latter was borrowed from Anglo- Norman seal, a descendant of Latin sigillum. This, a diminutive form of signum (from which English gets sign), meant ‘little mark or picture’, and came to be used for such a mark distinctive of a particular person.
=> sign, signal

seal (n.1)

"design stamped on wax," especially one attached to a document as evidence of authenticity, c. 1200, from Old French seel "seal on a letter" (Modern French sceau), from Vulgar Latin *sigellum (source of Italian suggello, Spanish sello; also Old Frisian and Middle High German sigel, German Siegel), from Latin sigillum "small picture, engraved figure, seal," diminutive of signum "mark, token" (see sign (n.)). An earlier borrowing directly from Latin is represented by Old English insigel. Technical use, "what prevents the escape of a gas or liquid" is from 1853.

seal (n.2)

fish-eating mammal with flippers, Old English seolh "seal," from Proto-Germanic *selkhaz (compare Old Norse selr, Swedish sj?l, Danish s?l, Middle Low German sel, Middle Dutch seel, Old High German selah), of unknown origin, perhaps a borrowing from Finnic. Seal point "dark brown marking on a Siamese cat" is recorded from 1934, from the dark brown color of seal fur; compare seal brown "rich, dark brown color," by 1875. Old English seolhb?e, literally "seal's bath," was an Anglo-Saxon kenning for "the sea."

seal (v.)

"to fasten with (or as with) a seal," c. 1200, from seal (n.1). Meaning "to place a seal on (a document)" is recorded from mid-14c.; hence "to conclude, ratify, render official" (late 15c.). Sense of "to close up with wax, lead, cement, etc." is attested from 1660s, from the notion of wax seals on envelopes. In reference to the actions of wood-coatings, 1940. Related: Sealed; sealing. Sealing-wax is attested from c. 1300. To seal (one's) fate (1799) probably reflects the notion of a seal on an execution warrant.

1. Soldiers there are going to seal the airport off.

そこの兵士は空港を封鎖する。

2.The Redskins punted.Dallas then marched 79 yards to seal the victory.

レッズはドロップキックを選択し、ダラスは79ヤードを飛び出して勝利をロックした。

3.Write your letter and seal it in a blank envelope.

手紙を書いたら、空白の封筒に入れて封をします。

4. Seal tightly then leave for four to five days to macerate.

密封後、さらに4?5日間浸漬する。

5.The seal on the box broke when it fell from its hiding-place.

ボックスが隠れ家から落ちたとき、シールが割れた。