electrocute

electrocute

意味(日本語)

電気いすで死刑にする

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

意味(英語)

  • (verb-transitive) To kill with electricity: a worker who was electrocuted by a high-tension wire.
  • (verb-transitive) To execute (a condemned prisoner) by means of electricity.

例文

  • The object was to deter evildoers by surrounding the penalty with scientific horror, [Footnote: Hence also the new lingual atrocity, the word "electrocute," derived from "execute" by decapitation and the addition of "electro"] and the idea had its origin in the accidents which formerly occurred much more frequently than now.

頭文字:

語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう

concuss

concuss

動揺させる、揺り動かす ◇con(=with) = …を激しくゆさぶる

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

concussion

concussion

振動、激動、衝撃

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

【広告】

discuss

discuss

議論する、討議する ◇dis(=apart) = ばらばらに打ち砕く

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

discussion

discussion

討論、議論

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

percuss

percuss

たたく、打診する ◇per(=thoroughly) = 十分にたたく

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

percussion

percussion

衝撃、衝突、打楽器

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

repercussion

repercussion

はね返り、反撃、反射、反響 ◇re(=back)

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus

quash

quash

(反乱などを)鎮圧する ◇L.quatere=L.cutere(=打ち鎮める)

語源

  • cut-, cuss- : L.cutere = to strike, shake, (打つ, ゆさぶる), 過去分子形cussus