sow
要点種をまく、まく
意味
- …の種をまく
- (…の種を)〈土地〉にまく《+名+with+名》
- 〈うわさ・紛争など〉の種をまく
- 〈自〉種をまく
- 雌豚
例文
His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.
彼の優柔不断が将来の災いの種をまいた。
We must sow the seeds of mutual understanding.
我々は相互理解の種をまかねばならない。
The new laws sowed the seeds of revolution.
新しい法律が革命の起こるもとになった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sowe, from Old English sugu, from Proto-West Germanic *sugu, from Proto-Germanic *sugō, probably from Proto-Indo-European *su(H)kéh₂, from *suH- (“pig”). See also West Frisian sûch, Dutch zeug, Low German Söög, German Sau, Swedish sugga, Norwegian sugge; also Welsh hwch (“pig”), Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará, “swine, boar”); also Danish so, German Sau, Latin sūs, Tocharian B suwo, Ancient Greek ὗς (hûs), Albanian thi, Avestan 𐬵𐬏 (hū, “boar”). See also swine. Doublet of soor.