yacht
要点ヨット
意味
- ヨット,(大型で豪華な発動機つきの)快走船
- ヨットに乗る,ヨットを走らせる,ヨット競走をする
例文
The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.
ヨットは猛威を振るう嵐の中に翻弄された。
They usually use an anchor to hold a yacht in place.
ヨットを一定の所へ停止させておくために普通は碇を使う。
The white yacht was gliding over the sea.
白いヨットが海面を滑るように走っていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Circa 1557; variant of yaught, earlier yeaghe (“light, fast-sailing ship”), from Dutch jacht (“yacht; hunt”), in older spelling jaght(e), short for jaghtschip (“light sailing vessel, fast pirate ship”, literally “pursuit ship”), compound of jacht and schip (“ship”). In the 16th century the Dutch built light, fast ships to chase the ships of pirates and smugglers from the coast. The ship was introduced to England in 1660 when the Dutch East India Company presented one to King Charles II, who used it as a pleasure boat, after which it was copied by British shipbuilders as a pleasure craft for wealthy gentlemen.