reed
要点アシ
意味
- アシ,ヨシ;《複数形で》(屋根ふきに用いる)乾燥したアシ(ヨシ)の茎
- アシ笛,牧笛(アシなどの茎で作ったもの)
- リード,舌(クラリネットやオーボエなどの吹口についている薄片)
- リード楽(リードの震動で音を出す管楽器;クラリネットやオーボエなど)
例文
Man is but a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
人間は一本のアシに過ぎず、その本性はきわめて弱いが、人間は考える葦である。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English red, from Old English hrēod, from Proto-West Germanic *hreud (“reed”), of uncertain origin. Cognates Cognate with North Frisian raid (“reed”), Saterland Frisian Räit (“reed”), West Frisian reid (“reed”), Dutch riet (“reed”), German Reet, Ried (“reed”). No cognates in North Germanic languages, but the existence of an otherwise unattested Gothic *𐌷𐍂𐌹𐌿𐌳 (*hriud) was supposed by the brothers Grimm. They also theorised that the word may have a relation to the retas mentioned in Noctes Atticae (Aulus Gellius). The measuring reed sense is the translation of Akkadian qanûm ("cane") used in the Bible and elsewhere.