terminal
英 ['tɜːmɪn(ə)l]
美 ['tɝmɪnl]
- n. 終端; 終末; 限界
- adj.末端；終端；末期
語源
ターミナル, ターミナルビル, ターミナルtermin-、境界、終端、-al、形容詞接尾辞。つまり、terminalの後に名詞として使われる形容詞が続く。
英語の語源
- terminal (adj.)
- mid-15c., "relating to or marking boundaries," from Latin terminalis "pertaining to a boundary or end, final," from terminus "end, boundary line" (see terminus). Meaning "fatal" (terminal illness) is first recorded 1891. Sense of "situated at the extreme end" (of something) is from 1805. Slang meaning "extreme" first recorded 1983. Related: Termninally.
- terminal (n.)
- "end point of a railway line," 1888, from terminal (adj.); sense of "device for communicating with a computer" is first recorded 1954. Earlier "final part of a word" (1831).
例文
- 1. He was eventually diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer.
- 最終的に末期癌と診断された。dd>
- 2.He made a round-trip to the terminal and back.
- 彼はゴールに着いて、また折り返してきた。
- 3.Carl sits at a computer terminal 40 hours a week.
- カールさんは毎週パソコン端末の前に40時間座っています。
- 4.My own house feels as filthy and chaotic as a bus terminal .
- 私の家は汚くて散らかっていて、バスターミナルのような感じがします。
- 5.He then soldered the wire to the telephone terminal .
- 次に電話線を電話機に溶接した。
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