"Ryan: Praying the right thing to do after
mass shootings because it ‘works’"
From the headline of
this article at The Hill.
上記の文で、mass shooting の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "mass shooting" mean?
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解答
意味：
英辞郎によると、
銃乱射事件
Answer
According to
this article at Politifact:
One strict definition used in the past by the federal government says at least four victims must be killed. Much broader criteria requires at least four victims be injured, though not necessarily killed. Other definitions land somewhere in the middle.
Etymology/語源
Mass shootingの由来はわかりませんが、
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると形容詞としてのmassの説明によると、
形容詞として初めて使われたのが1733年・・・1880年に初めてmass murderという用語が使われた。
Although I cannot find the etymology for the term “mass shooting,” according to Online Etymology Dictionary the origin of the word “mass” as an adjective is described as follows:
As an adjective from 1733, first attested in mass meeting in American English. mass culture is from 1916 in sociology (earlier in biology); mass hysteria is from 1914; mass media is from 1923; mass movement is from 1897; mass production is from 1920; mass grave is from 1918; mass murder from 1880.
