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brink

/brɪŋk/ 標準 頻度 5786位 英検準1級

英検準1級瀬戸際(on the brink of)

意味

  1. (がけ・河岸などの)縁
  2. まぎわ

例文

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

出典: Wiktionary「brink」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

辞書順で近い単語

brim brine bring brioche brisk briskly