quay
意味
- はとば,埠頭(ふとう)
例文
She was waiting at the quay as the ship came in.
船が入ってきた時に彼女は岸壁で待っていた。
The boat moved slowly away from the quay.
船は岸壁からしだいに遠ざかって行った。
The boat was alongside the quay.
そのボートは波止場につながれていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
The current spelling replaced the spelling key in the 1690s to emulate the spelling but (at least originally) not the pronunciation of the equivalent modern French quai. From Middle English kay, key, kaye, keye, from Old French kay, cail, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”) (compare Welsh cae (“field”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of hedge and hey (“choreographic figure”).