往年のテニスプレイヤー、John McEnroeについての記事がReader's Digest 6月号にありました。
With its 20 state-of-the-art hard and clay courts and a training and fitness centre, it's the kind of establishment that benefits one of the game's greatest players. In the coffee shop next to the courts, tall, rangy tennis coaches can be seen eating salads and drinking power drinks.
"rangy" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: (of animals or people) having long slender limbs: Tall and rangy with pace and strength, Williams has captivated rugby league this season.
・Wiktionary: Slender and long of limb; lanky: For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.: Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.
ふと気になりました。"rangy" は "range" から派生したのかしら？
The Word Detectiveによると私の勘は当たっていました。The Word Detectiveの説明は長いので一部のみ抜粋します。
The root of "rangy" is our English word "range," which we derived from the familiar word "rank," which we had adopted from the Old French "ranc" in the sense of "a line or row of things." While "rank" went on to develop a variety of meanings as both a noun (as in the "ranks" of a military formation) and verb (as we "rank" our favorite movies by placing them in an imaginary ordered line), "range" developed its own set of meanings. From the sense of "a long line or wide expanse of things" (as in "riding the range"), "range" developed the sense as a verb of "to travel widely over an area." It then made sense to describe an animal or person who looked to be well-suited to "ranging," especially one tall, slim and rugged, as "rangy." So cowboys in particular, and the movie stars who played them (think Gary Cooper), have often been described as "rangy." The term "rangy" in this sense is, not surprisingly, an American invention and first appeared in the late 19th century.
これで "rangy" は一度で覚えられそうです。
With its 20 state-of-the-art hard and clay courts and a training and fitness centre, it's the kind of establishment that benefits one of the game's greatest players. In the coffee shop next to the courts, tall, rangy tennis coaches can be seen eating salads and drinking power drinks.
"rangy" の意味が分からないので辞書を見ます。
・Collins Dictionary: (of animals or people) having long slender limbs: Tall and rangy with pace and strength, Williams has captivated rugby league this season.
・Wiktionary: Slender and long of limb; lanky: For an accountant, Robert had a rangy appearance.: Her African violets weren't getting enough sun and became rangy.
ふと気になりました。"rangy" は "range" から派生したのかしら？
The Word Detectiveによると私の勘は当たっていました。The Word Detectiveの説明は長いので一部のみ抜粋します。
The root of "rangy" is our English word "range," which we derived from the familiar word "rank," which we had adopted from the Old French "ranc" in the sense of "a line or row of things." While "rank" went on to develop a variety of meanings as both a noun (as in the "ranks" of a military formation) and verb (as we "rank" our favorite movies by placing them in an imaginary ordered line), "range" developed its own set of meanings. From the sense of "a long line or wide expanse of things" (as in "riding the range"), "range" developed the sense as a verb of "to travel widely over an area." It then made sense to describe an animal or person who looked to be well-suited to "ranging," especially one tall, slim and rugged, as "rangy." So cowboys in particular, and the movie stars who played them (think Gary Cooper), have often been described as "rangy." The term "rangy" in this sense is, not surprisingly, an American invention and first appeared in the late 19th century.
これで "rangy" は一度で覚えられそうです。
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