blizzard
意味
- 雪あらし
例文
We made good time until we ran into a blizzard.
猛吹雪に遭うまでは順調に進んだ。
I feel a chill seeing the blizzard outside.
外の吹雪を見ると、寒気がする。
There are sometimes blizzards in Kanazawa.
金沢では吹雪くことがある。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Unknown, with various theories as below. Compare English blizz (“violent rainstorm”), dialectal English bliz (“violent blow”); one etymology, from Midlands English dialect, seems to be ultimately from Old English blysa (“blaze”). Etymology theories * The earliest written use of blizzard as a term to describe a severe snowstorm, spelled blizard, was in the Estherville, Iowa's Northern Vindicator on 23 April 1870. O.C. Bates, neologistic editor of the Northern Vindicator, used it for the terrific snowstorms in the state that spring. He claimed he had picked up the term from locals characterizing a "Lightning Ellis", on account of his violent outbursts.