shirt: [OE] A shirt, like a skirt, is etymologically a ‘short’ garment, one that stops at or just below the waist rather than reaching down to the knees or beyond. In common with Swedish skjorta and Danish skjorte, it comes from the prehistoric base *skurt-, source of English short. Shirty ‘angry’ [19] was inspired by the now defunct expression get one’s shirt out ‘lose one’s temper’ (the opposite keep one’s shirt on ‘remain calm’ survives). => share, shear, short, skirt
shirt (n.)
Old English scyrte "skirt, tunic," from Proto-Germanic *skurtjon "a short garment" (cognates: Old Norse skyrta, Swedish skjorta "skirt, kirtle;" Middle Dutch scorte, Dutch schort "apron;" Middle High German schurz, German Schurz "apron"), related to Old English scort, sceort "short," from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)).
Formerly of the chief garment worn by both sexes, but in modern use long only of that for men; in reference to women's tops, reintroduced 1896. Bloody shirt, exposed as a symbol of outrage, is attested from 1580s. To give (someone) the shirt off one's back is from 1771. To lose one's shirt "suffer total financial loss" is from 1935. To keep one's shirt on "be patient" (1904) is from the notion of (not) stripping down for a fight.
例文
1. I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt .
ブルックスブラザーズストアに行って、自分のために立派なシャツを買ってきました。
2.I undid the bottom two buttons of my yellow and grey shirt .
私は自分の黄色のグレーの間のシャツの一番下の2つのボタンを外した。
3.The shirt 's cuffs won 't sag and lose their shape after washing.
このシャツの袖口は洗ってもきちんとしていて、変形しません。
4. "Get the guy in the purple shirt ."-"All right，my man."
「あの紫のシャツを着ているやつを呼んで」――「はい、お兄さん。」
5.She wore a checked shirt tied in a knot above the navel.