late 14c., mid-13c. in Anglo-Latin, from Old Norse tj?rn "small mountain lake without visible tributaries," from Proto-Germanic *terno, perhaps originally "water hole" [Barnhart]. A dialectal word popularized by the Lake poets.
例文
1. The deep and dark tarn at my feet closed over the fragments of the House of Usher.
私の足元にある深い暗く沈んだ小さな湖がアーシェル古屋の断崖絶壁を飲み込んだ.
2.This pool or tarn was encircled by tree!
この池、あるいは山潭といったところでしょうか、周りは木で囲まれています。
3. The goods are to be tarn ( s ) shipped at Honk.