barge
意味
- (運河などの)平底の荷船,はしけ
- 遊覧船,屋形船
- …をはしけで運ぶ
- のろのろ動く,よろよろ動き回る《+about(around)》
例文
To our great annoyance, he barged in on our party.
たいへん困ったことに、彼がパーティーに押しかけてきた。
He barged his way into the bus queue.
彼はバスを待っている人の列に割って入った。
A young man barged in unexpectedly.
若者が突然入ってきた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English barge, borrowed from Old French barge (“boat”), from Vulgar Latin *barga, a variant of Late Latin barca, a regular syncope of Vulgar Latin *barica, from Classical Latin bāris, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις (bâris, “Egyptian boat”), from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ (baare, “small boat”), from Demotic Egyptian br, from Egyptian bꜣjrb-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 (“transport ship”). Doublet of bark, barque and baris.