broom
要点ほうき
意味
- (長い柄のついた)ほうき
- エニシダ(荒野に自生する植物)
例文
She sweeps the room with a broom.
彼女はほうきで部屋を掃除する。
A new broom sweeps clean.
新任者は改革に熱心なものだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English brom, from Old English brōm (“brushwood”), from Proto-West Germanic *brām (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem-, from *bʰer- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink. Replaced English besom (from Old English besma (“broom, rod”)), which is now restricted in meaning to a particular kind of broom. (shotgun): So called because it is (like the cleaning utensil) long and held similarly to a besom and “cleans” what is in front.