outbreak
英検2級発生・勃発
意味
- (戦争・暴動・病気などの)突発,ぼっ発,(怒りなどの)爆発《+of+名》
例文
A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.
一連の出来事が戦争の勃発を引き起こした。
There is no need to be unnecessarily anxious about the outbreak.
その突発について不必要に心配する必要はない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English outbreken, oute-breken, from Old English ūtābrecan (“to break out”), equivalent to out- + break. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uutbreeke (“to break out, burst out”), West Frisian útbrekke (“to break out”), Dutch uitbreken (“to break out, burst out”), German ausbrechen (“to break out, erupt”). The noun is cognate with Saterland Frisian Uutbreek (“outbreak”), West Frisian útbrek (“outbreak”), Dutch uitbraak (“outbreak”), and German Ausbruch (“outbreak”), and is comparable to Danish udbrud (“outbreak”), Faroese and Icelandic útbrot (“rash”), Norwegian utbrudd (“outbreak”), and Swedish utbrott (“outbreak”).