haste
要点急ぎ、あわてること
意味
- 急ぎ(hurry);あわてること,軽はずみ
例文
I made haste for fear that I should miss the bus.
私はそのバスに遅れないように急いだ。
The travelers made haste as evening drew near.
夕方が近づいたので旅人達は急いだ。
That sort of thing can happen when you are in haste.
急いでいる時は、そんなことって起こるものです。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).