volcano

• 火山

ローマ神話の火と鍛冶の神であるラテン語のVulcanusが語源。

volcano

volcano: [17] Volcanoes get their name from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. His name in Latin was Volcānus, and it was the Italian descendant of this, volcano, that was originally adapted as a term for ‘fire-emitting mountain’. English borrowed the word from Italian. Also commemorating Vulcan is the vulcanization [19] of rubber. The term appears to have been coined around 1845 by a certain Mr Brockedon, a friend of the English chemist Thomas Hancock (1786–1865), an early pioneer of the process. Latin Volcānus itself may be related to Cretan Welkhanoc, which came from Hittite Valhannasses.
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volcano (n.)

1610s, from Italian vulcano "burning mountain," from Latin Vulcanus "Vulcan," Roman god of fire, also "fire, flames, volcano" (see Vulcan). The name was first applied to Mt. Etna by the Romans, who believed it was the forge of Vulcan. Earlier form in English was volcan (1570s), from French.

1. He says it 's like a volcano ready to erupt.

彼は噴火寸前の火山のようだと言った。

2.The volcano erupted last year killing about 600 people.

昨年の火山噴火で約600人が犠牲になった。

3.Rainfall had dislodged debris from the slopes of the volcano .

雨水が火山の斜面の岩屑を流した。

4.The volcano spewed out more scorching volcanic ashes，gases and rocks.

火山はより多くの灼熱した火山灰、ガス、岩塊を噴出した。

5.The volcano threw new showers of magma and ash into the air.

火山はまた空中にマグマと火山灰を噴出した。