car（カー）
要点自動車、車両
意味
- 自動車(automobile)電車(streetcar)
- 《米》(鉄道の)車両;客車,貨車
- (気球などの)かご;(エレベーターの)箱
例文
The police car was driving at fairly high speed.
パトカーがかなりの速度で走っていた。
If it's raining tomorrow, we'll go there by car.
明日雨なら、車で行こう。
This is much the most expensive car in the shop.
これが店では特に値段の高い車です。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English carre, borrowed from Anglo-Norman carre, from Old Northern French (compare Old French char), from Latin carrus (“two-wheeled baggage wagon”), from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Celtic *karros (“wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós (“vehicle”). Doublet of carrus and horse.
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