英単語

villageの意味・使い方・発音

village

英 ['vɪlɪdʒ] 美 ['vɪlɪdʒ]
  • n.村;村人;(動物の)コロニー

語源


別荘から、村へ。

英語の語源


village (n.)
late 14c., "inhabited place larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town," from Old French vilage "houses and other buildings in a group" (usually smaller than a town), from Latin villaticum "farmstead" (with outbuildings), noun use of neuter singular of villaticus "having to do with a farmstead or villa," from villa "country house" (see villa). As an adjective from 1580s. Village idiot is recorded from 1825. Related: Villager (1560s).

例文


1. The village is a settlement of just fifty houses.
この村には50世帯しか住んでいません。

2.We ran across some old friends in the village .
私たちは村で偶然古い友人に会った。

3.I remember the village full of American servicemen riding around in jeeps.
村にはジープをつけて歩き回るアメリカ兵がいっぱいいたのを覚えています。

4.I live in a sedate little village in the Midlands.
イングランド中部の静かな小さな村に住んでいます。

5.At one time 400 men,women and children lived in the village .
かつて400人の男、女、子供が村に住んでいた。

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