slit
意味
- 〈物〉を切り開く,細長く切る(裂く)
- 細長い切れ目,スリット(スカートなどの切り込み);細長いすきま(穴)
例文
My eyes narrowed into slits in the strong sunlight.
私の目は強い日光を浴びて細くなった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English slitten, from Old English slītan, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną (“to tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leyd- (“to tear, rend (cut apart), split apart”). Possibly cognate with Latin laed- (“to strike, hurt, injure”). Doublet of slite; also related to slice through French borrowing. Apparently unrelated to English slot, whose etymology, however, is uncertain.