door
要点扉、戸口、1戸、1軒
意味
- (家・部屋・家具の)扉
- 戸口,出入り口(doorway)
- 1戸,1軒
- 《比喩(ひゆ)的に》(…に至る)入口,出口《+to+名》
例文
There is a man at the door who wants to see you.
あなたに会いたがっている人が玄関にいます。
The man standing by the door is a famous singer.
ドアのそばに立っている人は有名な歌手です。
To his amazement, the door opened all by itself.
彼が驚いたことにドアが独りでに開いた。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English dore, dor, from Old English duru (“door”), dor (“gate”), from Proto-West Germanic *dur, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwṓr, from *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”). Cognates Cognate with Scots door (“door”), Saterland Frisian Doore (“door”), West Frisian doar (“door”), Dutch deur (“door”), German Low German Door, Döör (“door”), German Tür (“door”), Tor (“gate”), Danish, Norn, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dør (“door”), Swedish dörr (“door”), Faroese and Icelandic dyr (“door”), Asturian, Aragonese and Spanish fuera (“outside”), Catalan, Leonese, and Portuguese fora (“outside”), French hors (“outside”), Galician fóra (“outside”), Italian fuori…
関連する単語
doorbell doorway doorknob doorstep doormat doorman