rocky
意味
- 岩の多い;岩から成る
- 岩のような,硬い
- (意志などが)堅い,確固たる
- ぐらぐらする,不安定な
- 《話》(病気などで)ふらふらする,弱った
例文
It's a very rocky soil, isn't it?
石の多い土地ですね。
Tom is off to a rocky start.
トムは波乱のスタートを切った。
Red Mulligan has announced that he'll fight Rocky Luciano next month.
レッド・マリガンが来月、ロッキー・ルチアーノの挑戦を受けると発表した。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).