From the headline of this article at The New York Times.
上記の文で、roller coasterの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "roller coaster" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
Jet coasterと言って理解してもらえる人がいるかもしれませんが、正しい英語ではありませんのでほとんどの人が理解しないと思います。
- ジェット[ローラー]コースター
- 〔状況などが〕目まぐるしく変化すること、激変
Answer
According to :
- an elevated railway (as in an amusement park) constructed with sharp curves and steep inclines on which cars roll
- something resembling a roller coaster
especially: behavior, events, or experiences characterized by sudden and extreme changes
Etymology/語源
Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、本来の綴りはroller coaster、またroller-coasterと綴ることもあります。1884年からとされていますが、1870年台半ばから使用されていたかもしれない。動詞系は、1959年から。
According to Online Etymology Dictionary:
also roller-coaster, and originally roller coaster, by 1884, perhaps mid-1870s, from roller + coaster. As a verb by 1959.
Examples
- We went for a ride on the roller coaster.
- The divorce was an emotional roller coaster for both of them.
- Call me old-fashioned, but isn’t the whole point of a roller coaster or water slide the experience of moving fast and flying around? — Chaim Gartenberg, The Verge, "Ready or not, the world’s first VR water slide is here," 17 July 2018
- With Marat you know you are going to get an emotional roller-coaster. — Marat Safin
- The Wildcats were named after a popular roller-coaster in Hersheypark. — Hershey, Pennsylvania
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