soil
英検2級土壌・土
意味
- (植物の成長に適する)土,土壌(どじょう)
- (特殊な)土
- 《気取って》国,地方;《the~》土地,農地
- 〈衣服など〉を汚す,きたくなくする
- 《比喩(ひゆ)的に》〈名声など〉をけがす
- 〈衣服などが〉汚れる,きたなくなる
- 汚れ,汚点,しみ
- (人の)汚物
例文
Fertile soil is indispensable for a good harvest.
良い収穫を得る為には、肥沃な土壌が不可欠だ。
Fertile soil is indispensable for agriculture.
農業には肥えた土地が不可欠だ。
You can't get a tree to grow on bad soil.
土壌が悪いと木は育てられない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English soile, soyle, sule (“ground, earth”), partly from Anglo-Norman soyl (“bottom, ground, pavement”), from Latin solium (“seat, chair; throne”), mistaken for Latin solum (“ground, foundation, earth, sole of the foot”); and partly from Old English sol (“mud, mire, wet sand”), from Proto-Germanic *sulą (“mud, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Middle Low German söle (“dirt, mud”), Middle Dutch sol (“dirt, filth”), Middle High German sol, söl (“dirt, mud, mire”), Danish søle (“mud, muck”). Compare French seuil (“level; threshold”) and sol (“soil, earth; ground”). See also sole, soal, solum.