handy
要点取り扱いに便利な、器用な
意味
- 取り扱いに便利な,手ごろな,重宝な
- 《話》すぐ手元の,すぐ使える(at hand)
- (人が)器用な,手先の達者な;(…を)巧みに使う《+at(about, with)+名》
例文
This guidebook is handy to take on a trip abroad.
このガイドブックは海外旅行に持っていくと重宝する。
Always keep a bucket of water handy, in case of fire.
火事が起こったときのために、いつもバケツの水を手もとに置いておきなさい。
That robot came in handy for many things.
そのロボットは多くのことに役立った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English handy, hondi (attested in personal names), alteration of earlier hendi (“handy, skillful”), from Old English *hendiġ (“skillful”) (attested in listhendiġ (“skilled in art”)), from Proto-West Germanic *handīg, *handag, *handug, from Proto-Germanic *handugaz (“handy, skillful, nimble”), from *handuz (“hand”), equivalent to hand + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jäntich (“handy”), Middle Low German handich (“skillful, apt”), Middle High German handec, hendec (“manual, hand-held”), Old Norse hǫndugr (“efficient”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌲𐍃 (handugs, “wise, clever”). Akin to Dutch handig (“handy”), Norwegian hendig (“handy”), Swedish händig (“handy”).