sturdy
要点たくましい
意味
- たくましい,強壮な(strong and firm)
- 容易に屈しない,不屈の
- がんじょうに建てられた,がっしりした
例文
This kind of cloth is both cheap and sturdy.
この手の布は、安くて丈夫だよ。
This is a very sturdy chair to sit in.
これは掛けるのにたいそう頑丈ないすだ。
This is a sturdy handrail.
これはしっかりした手すりですね。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English sturdy, stourdy, stordy (“bold, valiant, strong, stern, fierce, rebellious”) (perhaps influenced by Middle English sture, stoure, stor (“strong, robust, harsh, stern, violent, fierce, sturdy”); see English stour), from Old French estourdi (“dazed”), form of estourdir, originally “to daze, to make tipsy (almost drunk)” (Modern French étourdir (“to daze, to make tipsy”)), from Vulgar Latin *exturdire. Latin etymology is unclear – presumably it is ex- + turdus (“thrush (bird)”), but how this should mean “daze” is unclear. A speculative theory is that thrushes eat leftover winery grapes and thus became drunk, but this meets with objections.