threshold
英検準1級敷居・閾値・入口
意味
- 敷居
- 《単数形で》(…の)始め,出発点,発端《+of+名》
- 閾(心理学で刺激に対して反応を示し始める点)
例文
Tom carried Mary across the threshold.
トムはメアリーを抱いて敷居をまたいだ。
In a few seconds I would have overcome the desperation threshold.
後数秒で私は絶望の分岐点を越えるのだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English threschwolde, threscholde, from Old English þresċold, þerxold, þrexwold (“doorsill, entryway”), from Proto-Germanic *þreskudlaz, *þreskūþlijaz, *þreskwaþluz, from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną, *þreskwaną (“to thresh, (originally) to tread”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, turn”). Cognate with Low German Drüssel (“threshold”), dialectal German Drischaufel, Drissufle, Trüschübel (“threshold”), Danish tærskel (“threshold”), Norwegian Bokmål terskel (“threshold”), Norwegian Nynorsk treskald (“threshold”), Swedish tröskel (“threshold”), dialectal Swedish träskvald (“threshold”), Icelandic þröskuldur (“threshold”).