puddle
意味
- (特に,雨水・泥水の)水たまり
- (漏水を防ぐための)こね土
- …を泥水でよごす
- 〈粘土など〉をこね土にする;…にこね土を塗る
- 〈銑鉄〉を錬鉄にする
例文
After the rain, there were puddles on the street.
雨のあと、道路に水溜まりができた。
After the rain, there were puddles on the road.
雨が上がると、道に水たまりができていた。
Reflections could be seen in the puddles.
水たまりに映った影が見えた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English podel, diminutive of Old English pudd (“ditch”), from Proto-Germanic *puddaz (compare Low German Pudel (“puddle”), Middle High German podel (“quagmire, mudhole”), Hunsrik Puttel, dialectal German Pfudel (“puddle”), German pudeln (“to splash about”)), ultimately imitative.