tract

• n. 束；広大な土地、短冊；トラクト
• n. （トラクト）人名；（英）Traktor

ラテン語のtractus（滑走路、道）から、ラテン語のtrahere（引きずる、引っ張る、移動させる）から、PIE*tragh（引きずる、引っ張る、移動させる）から、PIE*dhragh（引っ張る、引き出す）から、語源はdraw、tractと同じ。

ラテン語のtrahereの動詞形tractareから、扱う、操作する、治療する、語源的にはtractと同じ。

tract (n.1)

"area," mid-15c., "period or lapse of time," from Latin tractus "track, course, space, duration," lit, "a drawing out or pulling," from stem of trahere "to pull, draw," from PIE root *tragh- "to draw, drag, move" (cognates: Slovenian trag "trace, track," Middle Irish tragud "ebb;" perhaps with a variant form *dhragh-; see drag (v.)). The meaning "stretch of land or water" is first recorded 1550s. Specific U.S. sense of "plot of land for development" is recorded from 1912; tract housing attested from 1953.

tract (n.2)

"little book, treatise" mid-12c., probably a shortened form of Latin tractatus "a handling, treatise, treatment," from tractare "to handle" (see treat (v.)). Related: Tractarian.

1. A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract .

風邪は上気道の感染である。

2.Water is ideal to flush the kidneys and the urinary tract .

腎臓と尿道を水で洗うのが理想的だ。

3.She produced a feminist tract ，"Comments on Birth-Control "，in 1930.

彼女は1930年にフェミニズムの短文「節育について」を書いた。

4.A vast tract of land is ready for development.

広大な土地が開発される必要があります。

5.Foods are broken down in the digestive tract .

食べ物は消化管で分解される。