seek
英検2級・大学受験探し求める、探し求める（seek to do）
意味
- 《文》…を捜し求める,捜す;捜し出す《+out+名,+名+out》
- 《seek to do》《おもに文》…しようと努力する
- …を手に入れようとする,求める
- …へ自然に動く
- (…を)捜す,求める《+for(after)+名》
例文
People wanting to play hide-and-seek stop by me.
かくれんぼする人この指とまれ！
People wanting to play hide-and-seek come near.
かくれんぼする人この指とまれ！
Gather round if you want to play hide-and-seek.
かくれんぼする人この指とまれ！
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English seke, seken, from Old English sēċan, sēċean, sœ̄ċan, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkijan, from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to seek”), from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂gyeti (“to seek out”), from *seh₂g- (“to follow, trace”). Cognates Cognate with Yola zeek (“to seek”), North Frisian schük, sjuk, säke (“to search, seek”), Saterland Frisian säike (“to search, seek”), West Frisian sykje (“to seek”), Alemannic German sueche, süeche (“to search, seek”), Bavarian suacha, suachn (“to search”), Central Franconian söke (“to search”), Cimbrian züuchan (“to seek”), Dutch zoeken (“to seek”), Low German söken (“to seek”), German suchen (“to seek”), Luxembourgish sichen (“to seek; to fetch”)…