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『建築大辞典』(彰国社):
ベッドタウン bed town (「住宅都市」とも言う)
住宅都市 residential town
怒涛の訳例辞書:
bed town ベッドタウン | 住宅都市
http://trans.glova.jp/
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「××大辞典」の類いにも和製英語が少なからず入り込んでいるので油断なりません。ただし「住宅都市」の"residential town"は正しい英語ですね。
"bed town"もひょっとするとjargonとして使われている本物の英語かも知れないと思っていろいろ調べてみましたが、英語圏のサイトで日本語の「ベッドタウン」と同じ意味で使用されている用例は下記のようにごく僅かしかなく、これらはいずれも和製英語としての"bed town"の感染例であるものと思われます:
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Pico Rivera is a gorgeous city located 10 miles east of the downtown Los Angeles as executive suburban _bed town_ in sunny Southern California. There are many beautiful homes for sale and your dream home, residential real estate is waiting for you to buy.
http://www.househunt.com/b-pr.htm
A decent sized bed-town to Annapolis (Maryland's capital).
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Broadneck
Largely a bed town to its three thousand citizens, Fairmount is best known as the boyhood home of actor [[James Dean]], who is buried there.
http://fairmountindiana1.quickseek.com/
Founded in 1850, Fairmount enjoyed a burst of remarkable prosperity during the Gas Boom at the close of the 19th century. After the gas ran out, Fairmount became a bed town for nearby industrial cities.
http://www.dysmey.org/fairmount/index.html
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なお、「ベッドタウン」に該当する実際の英語の表現は下記のようにバラエティに富んでいます:
bedroom community
bedroom suburb
bedroom town
commuter town
commuterdom
commuterland
commuterland
commuterville
dormitory
dormitory suburb
dormitory town
residential town
satellite city
satellite town
『建築大辞典』(彰国社):
ベッドタウン bed town (「住宅都市」とも言う)
住宅都市 residential town
怒涛の訳例辞書:
bed town ベッドタウン | 住宅都市
http://trans.glova.jp/
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「××大辞典」の類いにも和製英語が少なからず入り込んでいるので油断なりません。ただし「住宅都市」の"residential town"は正しい英語ですね。
"bed town"もひょっとするとjargonとして使われている本物の英語かも知れないと思っていろいろ調べてみましたが、英語圏のサイトで日本語の「ベッドタウン」と同じ意味で使用されている用例は下記のようにごく僅かしかなく、これらはいずれも和製英語としての"bed town"の感染例であるものと思われます:
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Pico Rivera is a gorgeous city located 10 miles east of the downtown Los Angeles as executive suburban _bed town_ in sunny Southern California. There are many beautiful homes for sale and your dream home, residential real estate is waiting for you to buy.
http://www.househunt.com/b-pr.htm
A decent sized bed-town to Annapolis (Maryland's capital).
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Broadneck
Largely a bed town to its three thousand citizens, Fairmount is best known as the boyhood home of actor [[James Dean]], who is buried there.
http://fairmountindiana1.quickseek.com/
Founded in 1850, Fairmount enjoyed a burst of remarkable prosperity during the Gas Boom at the close of the 19th century. After the gas ran out, Fairmount became a bed town for nearby industrial cities.
http://www.dysmey.org/fairmount/index.html
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なお、「ベッドタウン」に該当する実際の英語の表現は下記のようにバラエティに富んでいます:
bedroom community
bedroom suburb
bedroom town
commuter town
commuterdom
commuterland
commuterland
commuterville
dormitory
dormitory suburb
dormitory town
residential town
satellite city
satellite town