winterbourneとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From winter +‎ bourne (“seasonal brook or stream”), partly also from the placenames Winterborne, Winterbourne, which are derived from 古期英語 winterburna (“stream that is full in winter”), from winter (from Proto-Germanic *wintruz, further etymology uncertain) + burna (“stream”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”)). The 古期英語 word appears to have survived only in placenames.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɪntəbɔːn/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈwɪntɚˌboɹn/, [-ɾɚ-]
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈwɪntɚˌbɝn/, [ˈwɪ̃.ɾɚˌbɝːn]
• ハイフネーション: win‧ter‧bourne

名詞

winterbourne (plural winterbournes)

1. (British) A stream that only flows in winter or after wet weather, particularly in an area rich in limestone.
   • 1848, [Charles Kingsley], “The Philosophy of Fox-hunting”, in Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC, pages 14–15:

     [F]rom the graveyard itself burst up one of those noble springs known as winter-bournes in the chalk ranges, which, awakened in autumn from the abysses to which it had shrunk during the summer's drought, was hurrying down upon its six months' course, a broad sheet of oily silver, over a temporary channel of smooth green sward.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 334, about Rockbourne:

     The stream is a winterbourne - it flows only in winter or other periods of high rainfall and is usually dry in summer.

関連する語

• eylebourn, nailbourne (Britain, dialectal)

参照

Further reading

• winterbourne (stream) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia