tree
要点木
意味
- 木,樹木;(潅木)(bush, shrub),(低木に対し)喬木,高木
- (低木や草質植物でも形が高木に似ている)木;
- 木製具
- 枝分かれした図;系統図;(特に)家系図(family tree)
- 〈動物・人〉を木に追い上げる
例文
The taller a tree is, the harder it is to climb.
木は高ければ高いほど登りにくい。
Jane was waiting with her back against the tree.
ジェーンは背を木にもたれかけて待っていた。
A big tree in the field was struck by lightning.
野原の大木に落雷があった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English trau, tre, tree, treo, treou, trew, trewe, troe, trouȝh, trouȝgh, trow, trowe, from Old English trēo, trēow, trēu, trīo, trīow, trȳw (“tree; wood; forest; beam, cudgel, log; cross”), from Proto-West Germanic *treu, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”). Related to tar, true.