zig-zag
[zig'zæg]
英語の語源
- zig-zag (n.)
- also zigzag, 1712, from French zigzag (1670s), perhaps from German Zickzack (though this is attested only from 1703), possibly a reduplication of Zacke "tooth, prong." Earliest use in German is in reference to military siege approaches. Originally in English used to describe the layout of certain garden paths. As an adjective from 1750; the verb is recorded from 1774. The brand of cigarette paper is from 1909. Related: Zig-zagged; zig-zagging.
例文
- 1. Your attitude，not your aptitude，will determine your altitude.-- Zig Ziglar
- あなたの人生の高さを決めるのは、あなたの才能ではなく、あなたの態度です。
毎日一言
- 2.E was kind of zig -zagging across the pavement，and I bumps into 'im accidental-like.
- 彼は少しよろよろして斜に人の歩道を歩いていて、私はうっかり彼の懐にぶつかった.
- 3.The drunken man zig -zagged down the street.
- 飲んべえが大通りをよろよろ歩いている。
- 4.It is also a proven fact that the magnetic poles wander，literally zig -zagging around its axis.
- 磁極が揺れ動くということは、その軸をめぐるジグザグの急変もこのような事実を証明しているということだ。
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