paddle
意味
- パドル(カヌーなどをこぐ短く幅の広いかい)
- (ピンポンなどの)ラケット
- (かき混ぜたり打ったりする)へら状の道具
- (アヒルの)水かき
- 〈カヌーなど〉をかいでこぐ
- 《話》〈人,人のおしりなど〉をへら棒で打つ,平手で打つ
- かいでこぐ
- (浅い場所で)水をパシャパシャさせる;浅瀬を歩く
例文
An accomplishment cannot be looked upon as yours unless you have paddled your own canoe.
業績は自分でやったのでなければ、自分のものと見なすことはできない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Partly from the verb paddle ("to splash, dabble"; see below) and partly from Middle English padell (“small spade”). Middle English padell is from Medieval Latin padela, itself of uncertain origin: perhaps an alteration of Middle English *spaddle (see also spaddle), a diminutive of spade; or from Latin patella (“pan, plate”), the diminutive of patina, or a merger of the two. Compare Ancient Greek πηδάλιον (pēdálion, “rudder, steering oar”), derived from πηδόν (pēdón, “the blade of an oar; an oar”).