wrist
意味
- 手首関節;(シャツなどの)そで口
例文
They were able to identify him by his wrist watch.
彼の身元は腕時計で確認できた。
I knew I'd broken my wrist the moment I fell.
私は転んだ瞬間に手首を折ったことが分かった。
That man grabbed the young girl's wrist.
その男は少女の手首をつかんだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English wrist, from Old English wrist, from Proto-West Germanic *wristu, from Proto-Germanic *wristuz (compare Old Frisian wrist, Low German Wrist, German Rist (“back of hand, instep, withers”), Swedish vrist), from Proto-Germanic *wrīþaną (“to twist, turn”). More at writhe.