axleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 中期英語 axel, axle, eaxle, from 古期英語 eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”).

名詞

axle (plural axles)

1. (obsolete) Shoulder.

語源 2

From 中期英語 axil, in turn a combination of 古期英語 eax and Old Norse ǫxull.

名詞

axle (plural axles)

1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.

   rear axle

   front axle

   axle grease

   The mechanic replaced the broken axle on the truck.

2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
3. (geometry, astronomy, archaic) An axis.

   the Sun’s axle

派生語

参考

• axle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Axle in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

アナグラム

• Alex, Axel, Lexa, axel

名詞

axle

1. alternative form of axel

語源 2

名詞

axle

1. alternative form of axil