roof
要点屋根
意味
- 屋根;屋上;《比喩(ひゆ)的に》家,家庭
- (形・位置・働きが)屋根に似た物
- …に屋根をつける;…に(…の)屋根をつける《+名+with+名》
例文
She would often practice the violin on the roof.
彼女は屋上でよくヴァイオリンの練習をしていたものだ。
The house with the red roof belongs to my uncle.
屋根の赤いその家は、私の叔父の家です。
The house had its roof ripped off by the storm.
その家は暴風の為に屋根を剥ぎ取られた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch roef (“cabin on a boat”), Faroese rógv (“roof”); also Czech, Polish, and Slovene strop (“ceiling”), Russian строп (strop, “attic, loft, roof”), Serbo-Croatian стро̏п, strȍp (“ceiling”).