windfall

windfall

意味(日本語)

もっけの幸い(windでfall[=落ちた]果実から)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

意味(英語)

  • (noun) A sudden, unexpected piece of good fortune or personal gain.
  • (noun) Something, such as a ripened fruit, that has been blown down by the wind.

例文

  • I mean there is a sense of what the -- the idea was, in large part, is that the bill was going to tax what we call windfall profits, profits that are thought to be higher than reasonable on oil companies, and use that money to fund alternative energy.

頭文字:

語源が同じ単語を一緒に覚えよう

vent

vent

空気孔

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

ventilate

ventilate

換気する

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

【広告】

ventilation

ventilation

換気

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

ventilator

ventilator

換気装置

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

wind

wind

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

windmill

windmill

風車 ◇wind+mill(=水車)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

window

window

窓 ◇wind eye(=風を入れる穴)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

windowshopping

windowshopping

ひやかし

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

windshield

windshield

(車)フロントガラス

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

windowpane

windowpane

窓ガラス、pane(=窓ガラスの一枚)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

【広告】

windstorm

windstorm

暴風雨(風の嵐)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)