vein: [13] Vein comes via Old French veine from Latin vēna ‘blood vessel’, a word of uncertain origin. Acquired directly from Latin were the derivatives venose [17] and venous [17].
vein (n.)
c. 1300, from Old French veine "vein, artery, pulse" (12c.), from Latin vena "a blood vessel," also "a water course, a vein of metal, a person's natural ability or interest," of unknown origin. The mining sense is attested in English from late 14c. (Greek phleps "vein" had the same secondary sense). Figurative sense of "strain or intermixture" (of some quality) is recorded from 1560s; that of "a humor or mood, natural tendency" is first recorded 1570s.
例文
1. It is one of his finest works in a lighter vein .
これは彼のテキストスタイルが軽やかで活発な作品の中で最も優れた作品の一つである。
2.This Spanish drama has a vein of black humour running through it.
このスペイン演劇は最初から最後までいくつかのブラックユーモアを持っていた。
3.The director discovered a rich vein of sentimentality.
監督は豊かな感情の源を発見した。
4.The girl now replies in similar vein .
この女の子は今、似たような口調で答えています。
5.Passengers on long-haul flights are being warned about the risks of deep vein thrombosis.