Strongとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English strong, strang, from 古期英語 strang, from Proto-West Germanic *strang, from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Swedish sträng, strang (“severe, strict, harsh”), Norwegian strang (“strong, harsh, bitter”), Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Latin stringō (“tighten”).

発音

• (英国発音) enPR: strŏng, IPA^(key): /stɹɒŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɒŋ]
• (米国発音) enPR: strông, IPA^(key): /stɹɔŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɔŋ], [ʃt͡ʃɹɔŋ]
• (Canada, cot–caught merger) enPR: strŏng, IPA^(key): /stɹɑŋ/, [st̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ], [ʃt̠͡ɹ̠ɑŋ]
• 韻: -ɒŋ

形容詞

strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)

1. Capable of producing great physical force.

   a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong

2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.

   a strong foundation; good strong shoes

3. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.

   The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.

4. Determined; unyielding.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, “[HTTP://OPENLIBRARY.ORG/WORKS/OL1097634W X]”, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

   • 2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America‎^[1], archived from the original on 7 February 2019:

     It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of “deep learning.”

   He is strong in the face of adversity.

5. Highly stimulating to the senses.

   a strong light; a strong taste

6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.

   a strong smell

8. Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.

   a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine

10. (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.

    a strong drink

    She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes

11. (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.

    a strong verb

12. (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.

    a strong acid;  a strong base

13. (military) Not easily subdued or taken.

    a strong position

14. Having wealth or resources.

    a strong economy

15. (slang, US) Impressive, good.

    You're working with troubled youth in your off time? That’s strong!

16. Having a specified number of people or units.

    The enemy's army force was five thousand strong.

    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:

      Our armie will be forty thouſand ſtrong,
      When Tamburlain and braue Theridamas
      Haue met vs by the riuer Araris:
      And all conioin’d to meete the witleſſe King,
      That now is marching neere to Parthia.

17. (of a disease または symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
    • 2005, Andrew Gaeddert, Healing Immune Disorders: Natural Defense-Building Solutions, North Atlantic Books, page 221:

      Physicians may diagnosis influenza by a throat culture or blood test, which may be important if you have a particularly strong flu, if your doctor suspects pneumonia or a bacterial infection.

18. (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
19. (of an argument) Convincing.
    • 1558, John Knox, The Appellation of Iohn Knoxe from the cruell and moſt iniuſt ſentence pronounced againſt him by the falſe biſhoppes and clergie of Scotland, page 11v:

      […] but grounding him ſelfe vpon ſtrong reaſons, to wit, that he had not offended the Iewes, neither yet the Law, but that he was innocēt, and therefore that no iudge oght to geue hym in the hādes of his ennemies […]

同意語

• (capable of producing great physical force): forceful, powerful, derf
• (capable of withstanding great physical force): durable, tough, sturdy
• (determined, unyielding): ardent, determined, swith, unyielding, zealous
• (highly stimulating to the senses): extreme, intense
• (having an offensive または intense odor または flavor): rank
• (having a high concentration of an essential または active ingredient): concentrated, potent
• (having a high alcoholic content): hard
• (grammar: irregular): irregular
• (military: not easily subdued または taken): impregnable, inviolable, secure, unassailable, unattackable

反意語

• (capable of producing great physical force): forceless, weak
• (capable of withstanding great physical force): fragile
• (having a high concentration of an essential または active ingredient): diluted, impotent, weak
• (grammar: irregular): regular, weak
• (化学: that completely ionizes): weak
• (military: not easily subdued または taken): weak

下位語

• ultra-strong

参考

• strength

副詞

strong (not comparable)

1. In a strong manner.

同意語

• (in a strong manner): forcefully, powerfully, vigorously, strongly

反意語

• (in a strong manner): forcelessly, powerlessly, weakly

参考

• strong as an ox
• strong personality
• strong verb

アナグラム

• trongs