lad
意味
- 若者,少年(boy)
- 《話》《おもにイギリス北部で,親愛を表す呼び掛けに用いて》男,やつ
例文
The lad leaned over and shouted into Tom's ear.
若者はかがみこんで、トムの耳元で大声を上げた。
He is as honest a lad as any.
彼は誰にも負けず劣らず正直な少年だ。
He is hardly more than a lad.
彼はまだ未成年でしかない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English ladde (“foot soldier, servant; male commoner; boy”), from late Old English *ladda (attested in Old English personal byname Ladda), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking; sock”), which may have undergone semantic shift to mean a term of abuse (e.g. foolish youth, youngster of lower social status, etc.); thence by connotative amelioration coming to mean any young fellow. Compare Norwegian ladd (“rough sock, woolen or felt slipper”) and the -ladd in compounds Askeladd/Askeladden (a nickname in fairy tales, "Ash Lad") and tusseladd (“nincompoop”).
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