mood(ムード)
要点気分、雰囲気
意味
- (ある時の,一時的な)気分,機嫌
- (会合・作品などの)雰囲気,ムード,(時代・国民などの)風潮,一般的な傾向《+of+名》
- 《複数形で》むら気,ふきげん
- (動詞の)法,叙法
例文
Judging from his expression, he's in a bad mood.
表情から判断すると、彼は機嫌が悪い。
Eating ice cream always puts me in a happy mood.
私はアイスクリームを食べるといつも幸せな気分になる。
It seems like you're in a bad mood this morning.
今朝は何だか機嫌が悪いみたいだね。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English mood, mode, mod, from Old English mōd (“mind,” in poetry also “heart, spirit, courage”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz (“sense, courage, zeal, anger”), from Proto-Indo-European *moh₁-, *meh₁- (“endeavour, will, temper”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Moud (“courage”), West Frisian moed (“courage; mind; spirit; will; intention”), Dutch moed (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Mut (“bravery, courage; mood”), German Low German Mood (“boldness, bravery, courage”), Luxembourgish Mutt (“courage”), Yiddish מוט (mut, “bravery, courage”), Danish and Swedish mod (“courage”), Faroese and Icelandic móður (“anger, wrath; fierce mood”), Norwegian Bo…