slot
英 [slɒt]
美 [slɑt]
- n. 位置；溝；コイン投入口
- vt.追いかける；スロットインする
- n. （スロット）人名；（英?蘭）スロット
英語の語源
- slot (n.1)
- late 14c., "hollow at the base of the throat above the breastbone," from Old French esclot "hoofprint of a deer or horse," of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse sloe "trail" (see sleuth). Original sense is rare or obsolete in Modern English; sense of "narrow opening into which something else can be fitted" is first recorded 1520s. Meaning "middle of the (semi-circular) copy desk at a newspaper," the spot occupied by the chief sub-editor, is recorded from 1917. The sense of "opening in a machine for a coin to be inserted" is from 1888 (slot machine first attested 1891). The sense of "position in a list" is first recorded 1942; verb sense of "designate, appoint" is from 1960s. Slot car first attested 1966.
- slot (n.2)
- "bar or bolt used to fasten a door, window, etc.," c. 1300, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German slot (compare Old Norse slot, Old High German sloz, German Schloss "bolt, bar, lock, castle;" Old Saxon slutil "key," Dutch slot "a bolt, lock, castle"), from Proto-Germanic stem *slut- "to close" (cognates: Old Frisian sluta, Dutch sluiten, Old High German sliozan, German schliessen "to shut, close, bolt, lock"), from PIE root *klau- "hook, peg" (cognates: Greek kleis "key;" Latin claudere "to shut, close," clavis "key," clavus "nail;" see close (v.)). Wooden pegs seem to have been the original keys.
- slot (v.2)
- 1560s, "to bolt a door," from slot (n.2). Related: Slotted; slotting.
- slot (v.1)
- 1747, "provide with a slot, cut slots in," from slot (n.1). Meaning "drop a coin in a slot" is from 1888. Sense of "take a position in a slot" is from 1940; that of "fit (something) into a slot" is from 1966. Oldest sense is obsolete: "stab in the base of the throat" (c. 1400). Related: Slotted; slotting.
例文
- 1. The first episode occupies a peak evening viewing slot .
- 第1話は夕方のゴールデン視聴時間帯を占めた。
- 2.I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
- 有料電話のコイン穴に25銭硬貨を入れた。
- 3.Visitors can book a time slot a week or more in advance.
- 訪問者は1週間以上前に予約することができます。
- 4.Insert coins into the slot and press for a ticket.
- コインをコイン投入口に入れ、ボタンを押してチケットを取ります。
- 5.to put some coins in the slot
dd>- コイン投入口にコインを数枚押し込む