tuck
要点押し込む、差し込む
意味
- 《状態・方向を表す副詞[句]を伴って》(保護・安全などのために)…を押し込む,つめ込む
- 《状態・方向を表す副詞[句]を伴って》…[の端(すそ)]を差し込む,折り込む
- 〈衣服など〉に縫いひだ(タック)をつける
- (そで・すそなどの)縫いひだ,タック,上げ
- 《英》(学童などが食べる)食物,(特に)菓子類
- 《米》元気,精力
例文
He tucked the handkerchief in his pocket.
彼はそのハンカチをポケットに押し込んだ。
Tom tucked his shirt into his pants.
トムはシャツをズボンの中に入れた。
He tucked the napkin under his chin.
彼はあごの下にナプキンをはさみ込んだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English tuken, touken (“to torment, to stretch (cloth)”), from Old English tūcian (“to torment, vex”) and Middle Dutch tucken (“to tuck”), both from Proto-Germanic *teuh-, *teug- (“to draw, pull”) (compare also *tukkōną), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (“to pull”). Akin to Old High German zucchen (“to snatch, tug”), zuchôn (“to jerk”), German Low German tuken (“to tug, pluck, grab and pull towards”), Old English tēon (“to draw, pull, train”). Doublet of touch.