1835, from Spanish silo, traditionally derived from Latin sirum (nominative sirus), from Greek siros "a pit to keep corn in." "The change from r to l in Spanish is abnormal and Greek siros was a rare foreign term peculiar to regions of Asia Minor and not likely to emerge in Castilian Spain" [Barnhart]. Alternatively, the Spanish word is from a pre-Roman Iberian language word represented by Basque zilo, zulo "dugout, cave or shelter for keeping grain." Meaning "underground housing and launch tube for a guided missile" is attested from 1958.
例文
1. Silo usually have individual capacities of 1000 to 2000 tons.
縦倉庫の1つの容量は、通常1000~2000トンである。
2.These missiles are not sitting in on easily targeted,fixed silo .
これらのミサイルは狙いやすい固定発射井戸に位置しているわけではない。
3.Crystals from the centrifuge are dried and then conveyed to the storage silo or bagging equipment.
遠心分離された結晶は乾燥され、ジェーン倉庫または袋詰め装置に送られる。
4.Too much heavy labour was involved in getting material in and out of the silo .
サイレージ飼料をサイレージから搬出または搬入するのに多大な労力がかかる。
5.The paper made a comparison between bulk silo and RC silo .