watering
英 ['wɔːtərɪŋ]
美 ['wɔtərɪŋ]
- n. 水をやる；灌漑する；水を切る
- adj.灌漑用；散水用
- v. 水をやる；灌漑する（水の形）
英語の語源
- watering (n.)
- Old English w?terunge "a carrying water," verbal noun from water (v.). From late 14c. as "a soaking with water;" mid-15c. as "a giving water to (an animal);" c. 1600 as "salivation." Watering-can is from 1690s (earlier water-can, late 14c.); watering-hole is from 1882 (earlier water-hole, 1670s, watering-place, mid-15c.); by 1965 in the figurative sense "place where people meet and socialize over drinks."
例文
- 1. A herd of elephants lolloped across the plains towards a watering hole.
- 象の群れがゆっくりと不器用に平原を通り抜け、水たまりに向かって歩いていった。
- 2. Prizes worth a mouth- watering ￡9.6 million are unclaimed.
- 960万ポンド相当の魅力的な賞品は誰も受け取っていない。
- 3.a mouth- watering display of cakes
- 垂涎のケーキ展示
- 4.You will remember about watering the flowers,won 't you？
- 花に水をやることを覚えておいて、いいですか？
- 5.They led the workhorses to the watering trough.
- 彼らは耕馬を飲用水タンクに連れて行って飲用水を飲む。
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