wonder
要点驚くべきもの(こと)、驚異[の念]、驚く、疑う、不思議に思う、思う
意味
- 驚くべきもの(こと),驚異[の的]
- 驚異[の念],驚嘆,驚き
- (…に)驚く,驚嘆する《+at+名(doing)》
- (…について)疑う,怪しむ《+about+名(wh-節)》
- 《wonder+that 節》〈…ということ〉を不思議に思う,に驚く
- …と思う:《wonder+wh-節(句)》…かしらと思う
例文
I wonder whether Tom has seen this movie or not.
トムって、この映画観たことあるかなあ。
I wonder how many times I've come here with her.
彼女とここに来るのは何回目になるのだろう。
I wonder where she studied English conversation.
彼女はどこで英会話を勉強したのだろうか。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English wonder, wunder, from Old English wundor (“wonder, miracle, marvel”), from Proto-West Germanic *wundr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą. Cognate with Scots wunner (“wonder”), West Frisian wonder, wûnder (“wonder, miracle”), Dutch wonder (“miracle, wonder”), Low German wunner, wunder (“wonder”), German Wunder (“miracle, wonder”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under (“wonder, miracle”), Faroese and Icelandic undur (“wonder”). The verb is from Middle English wondren, from Old English wundrian, which is from Proto-Germanic *wundrōną.
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