bulge
意味
- ふくらんだ部分,ふくらみ
- (…で)ふくらむ,張り出す《+out with+名》
- をふくらませる《+名+out》
例文
Bill is really fighting the battle of the bulge.
ビルは太らないように頑張っているね。
Her pockets were bulging with walnuts.
彼女のポケットはくるみで膨らんでいた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English bulge (“leather bag; hump”), from Old Northern French boulge (“leather bag”), from Late Latin bulga (“leather sack”), from Gaulish *bulga, *bulgos, from Proto-Celtic *bolgos (“sack, bag, stomach”). Cognate with bilge, belly, bellows, budget, French bouge, German Balg, etc. Doublet of budge, and from the same root as belly and bellows. See also budget.