duct
意味
- 送水管;(建物・船などの)通気管;(地下ケーブルなどの)ダクト
- (体液を運ぶ)導管,(植物が水・空気を運ぶ)導管
例文
Secure it with duct tape and you're good to go.
ガムテープで固定しとけばオッケー。
I was told my tear duct was blocked.
涙腺が詰まっていると言われました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Borrowed from Latin ductus (“leading, conducting”, noun), from dūcō (“to lead, conduct, draw”) + -tus (action noun suffix). Doublet of ductus and douit. Also via Medieval Latin ductus (“a conveyance of water; a channel”), which itself has the first mentioned etymology.