warren: [14] A warren is etymologically a ‘fenced-off’ area. The word was acquired from warenne, the Anglo-Norman version of Old French garenne ‘game-park’. This in turn came from Gaulish *varrenna ‘area bounded by a fence’, which was derived from *varros ‘post’. The specific link with rabbits (originally as a reserve set aside for breeding rabbits, now an area where wild rabbits live) is a secondary development.
warren (n.)
late 14c., "piece of land enclosed for breeding beasts and fowls," from Anglo-French and Old North French warenne (Old French garenne) "game park, hunting reserve," possibly from Gaulish *varenna "enclosed area," related to *varros "post." More likely from the present participle of Old North French warir (Old French garir) "defend, keep," from Proto-Germanic *war- "to protect, guard" (see warrant (n.)). Later especially "piece of land for breeding of rabbits" (c. 1400), which led to the transferred sense of "cluster of densely populated living spaces" (1640s).
例文
1. Mr Warren sued him for libel over the remarks.
ウォーレン氏は、彼が誹謗的な発言をしたと告訴した。
2. Warren 's eldest son is an art student，at St Martin 's.
ウォーレンの長男はセント?マーチン?カレッジ芸術学部の学生です。
3.The offices were a warren of small rooms and passages.
これらのオフィスの部屋は狭く、通路が狭い。
4.If Warren can come up with the$15 million，we 'll go to London.
ウォーレンがその1500万ドルを出すことができたら、私たちはロンドンに行きます。
5. Warren also allows that capitalist development may，in its early stages，result in increased social inequality.