snow-white
英 ['snəu'hwait]
美
英語の語源
- snow-white (adj.)
- Old English snawhwit, from snow (n.) + white (adj.). Similar formation in Dutch sneeuwwit, Middle Low German snewhit, German schneeweiss, Old Norse sn?hvitr, Swedish sn?hvit, Danish snehvid. The fairy tale is so-called from 1885, translating German Schneewittchen in Grimm; the German name used in English by 1858.
例文
- 1. The first snow came a month earlier than usual.
- 初雪は例年より1ヶ月早く降った。
- 2.I 'd been a fool letting him snow me with his big ideas.
- 私は愚かで、彼のでたらめな吹聴にだまされてしまった。
- 3.The snow was light and noiseless as it floated down.
- 雪が軽やかに舞い降り、音もなく。
- 4.A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake.
- 吹雪が大きな雪を挟んで湖面を吹き抜けている。
- 5.He braced his shoulders as the snow slashed across his face.
- 雪がナイフで切られたように顔に吹きつけ、彼は肩を引き締めた。