swan
要点ハクチョウ
意味
- ハクチョウ(白鳥),スワン
- 《the S-》白鳥座
- ぶらりと出かける,気の向くまま旅に出る
例文
The lake is calm, with some swans swimming on it.
湖は穏やかで、白鳥が何羽か泳いでいる。
The swans on the river make a dreamlike scene.
白鳥が川に浮かんで夢のような光景だ。
The lake was beautiful with some swans swimming on it.
湖は白鳥が何羽か泳いでいて美しかった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”). Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”). Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”). Doublet of sound.