special
英 ['speʃ(ə)l]
美 ['spɛʃl]
- n. 特使、特派員; 特別号; 特別料理; 特別車; 特別価格商品
- adj. 特別な; 専用の
英語の語源
- special
- special: [13] Latin speciēs originally denoted the ‘outward aspect’, the ‘look’ of something (it was derived from specere ‘look’, source of English spectacle, spectator, spy, etc). It later evolved metaphorically to ‘type, kind’, and in that sense was adopted by English as species [16] (spice is ultimately the same word). From it was derived the adjective speciālis ‘of a particular type’, which has given English special (especial [14] came via Old French especial). Other derivatives have given English specific [17], specify [13], specimen [17], and specious [17] (from Latin speciōsus ‘good-looking’).
=> spectacle, spectator, spice, spy - special (adj.)
- c. 1200, "better than ordinary," from Old French special, especial "special, particular, unusual" (12c., Modern French spécial) and directly from Latin specialis "individual, particular" (source also of Spanish especial, Italian speziale), from species "appearance, kind, sort" (see species).
Meaning "marked off from others by some distinguishing quality" is recorded from c. 1300; that of "limited as to function, operation, or purpose" is from 14c. Special effects first attested 1951. Special interests in U.S. political sense is from 1910. Special pleading first recorded 1680s, a term that had a sound legal meaning once but now is used generally and imprecisely. Special education in reference to those whose learning is impeded by some mental or physical handicap is from 1972. - special (n.)
- "sweetheart, lover; special person or thing," c. 1300, from special (adj.) or from noun use of the adjective in Old French. Meaning "special train" is attested from 1866.
例文
- 1. A special locking system means the door cannot be opened accidetally.
- 特殊なロックシステムにより、ドアが予期せず開かれないようになった。
- 2.His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.
- 彼のトップ上司は特に彼のことを話した。
- 3.Her cousin，a hairdresser，was perming her hair as a special treat.
- いとこは美容師で、無料でパーマをかけています。
- 4.A special dispensation may be obtained from the domestic union concerned.
- 国内関連の労働組合から特許を得ることができるかもしれない。
- 5.The direct marketing industry has become adept at packaging special offers.
- ダイレクトメール広告業は特売品の包装に非常に熟練している。
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