bonnet
要点ボンネット
意味
- ボンネット(婦人・子供用のひもをあご下で結ぶ大きな帽子)
- 《英》ボンネット(自動車の前方機関部のおおい;《米》hood)
例文
It's so hot, you could fry an egg on a car bonnet.
とても暑くて、車のボンネットで卵が焼けるよ。
How do I open the bonnet?
どうやってボンネットを開けるのですか。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bonet, from Middle French bonet (Modern French bonnet), from Old French bonet (“material from which hats are made”), from Frankish *bunni (“that which is bound”), from Proto-Germanic *bundiją (“bundle”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). Compare also Late Latin abbonis, obbonis (“ribbon of a headdress”), also of Germanic origin, from Frankish *obbunni, from *ob- (“above, over”) + *bunni. Cognate with Old High German gibunt (“band, ribbon”), Middle Dutch bont (“bundle, truss”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (gabundi, “bond”). More at over, bundle.