windmill

windmill

意味(日本語)

風車 ◇wind+mill(=水車)

語源

  • vent- : L.ventus = wind(風)

意味(英語)

  • (noun) A machine that runs on the energy generated by a wheel of adjustable blades or slats rotated by the wind.
  • (noun) Something, such as a toy pinwheel, that is similar to a windmill in appearance or operation.
  • (verb-transitive) To move or cause to move like the wheel of a windmill; rotate sweepingly.
  • (idiom) tilt at windmills To confront and engage in conflict with an imagined opponent or threat.

例文

  • The windmill is a machine for lifting water, turning wind power into dry land: trading energy for space, sixteenth-century style.

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)

windfall

windfall

もっけの幸い(windでfall[=落ちた]果実から)

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)