tent: [13] A tent is etymologically something that is ‘stretched’ – over a frame to provide shelter. The word comes via Old French tente from Vulgar Latin *tenta, a noun derived from the past participial stem of Latin tendere ‘stretch’ (source of English tend, tendency, etc). It was supposedly inspired by the expression pelles tendere, literally ‘stretch skins’, that is, ‘stretch animal hides over a framework to make a tent’, which was used metaphorically for ‘set up a camp’. => tend
tent (n.)
c. 1300, "portable shelter of skins or coarse cloth stretched over poles," from Old French tente "tent, hanging, tapestry" (12c.), from Medieval Latin tenta "a tent," literally "something stretched out," noun use of fem. singular of Latin tentus "stretched," variant past participle of tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). The notion is of "stretching" hides over a framework. Tent caterpillar first recorded 1854, so called from the tent-like silken webs in which they live gregariously.
tent (v.)
"to camp in a tent," 1856, from tent (n.). Earlier "to pitch a tent" (1550s). Related: Tented; tenting.
例文
1. Small things stirred in the grass around the tent .
テントの周りの草むらの中で小さなものがぴょんぴょん動いている。
2.They ran to the Center of the tent to take their bows.
彼らはテントの中央に行ってお辞儀をした。
3.Mom wants to know if you guys still have that two-person tent .
お母さんはあなたたちがそのツインテントを持っているかどうか知りたいと思っています。
4.He drew back the tent flap and strode out into the blizzard.
テントのカーテンを開け、吹雪の中に大股に入った。
5.An olive-coloured tent stood within a thicket of trees.