guess
要点推測する、言い当てる、that節、思う、推測、wh-節
意味
- (十分な根拠なしに)…を推測する,推量する
- (正確な推測で)…を言い当てる,判断する
- 《guess+that節》《米》…と思う(think, suppose),信じる(believe)
- (…を)推測する《+at(about)+名》
- (…についての)推測,推量《at(about, as to)+名(wh-節)》
例文
You're bound to feel that way at first, I guess.
無理もないわ、はじめのうちは、そんな風に感じるものよね。
I guess I'll be living with you a year from now.
来年の今ごろは、君と一緒に暮らしているだろう。
If talking about copyright, I guess we need Tom!
著作権と言えば、トムでしょ!
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną).