hell
要点地獄
意味
- 死者の国,冥土(めいど)
- 《しばしばH-》地獄
- 地獄のような場所(状態),苦痛,苦悩
- 《時にa~》苦労(悩み)の種
- 《乱暴な強意語として,特に疑問詞の後に置いて》《俗》いったいぜんたい
- (怒り・いらだち・驚きなどを表して)ちくしょう,やれやれ
例文
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
地獄への道は善意で敷かれている。
Don't speak to the boss like that, what the hell!
上司に向かって「お前」とはなんだ!
What the hell, don't address the boss with "you"!
上司に向かって「お前」とはなんだ!
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English hel, hell, helle, hælle, from Old English hel, hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō (“hell, netherworld”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”). First attested in c. 725. Cognates Cognate with Yola helle (“hell”), Saterland Frisian Hälle (“hell”), West Frisian hel (“hell”), Alemannic German Hell (“hell”), Cimbrian hélla (“hell”), Dutch hel (“hell”), German Hölle (“hell”), Limburgish hel, Héll, Höll (“hell”), Luxembourgish Häll (“hell”), Vilamovian heł, hełł (“hell”), Danish helvede (“hell”), ihjel (“to death”), Faroese helviti (“hell”), Icelandic hel (“death, hell”), helvíti (“hell”), Norwegian Nynorsk hel (“death, underworld”), helvet…