pistol
要点ピストル
意味
- ピストル,拳銃(けんじゅう)
例文
A pistol bullet went clean through his leg.
ピストルの弾が彼の足を貫通した。
Bill was careless in handling his pistol.
ビルはピストルの扱いに不注意だった。
He was careless in handling his pistol.
彼はピストルの扱いに注意を欠いた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Probably from Middle French pistole, or via Middle English pistolet, from Middle French pistolet (“small firearm or small dagger”). The origin is unclear. If via German to Romance probably from Middle High German forms like pischulle from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Alternatively, if from Romance to German, from or related to Italian pistolese (“short dagger”), from Italian Pistoia (“a Tuscan town noted for its gunsmithing”).