Tomorrowとは

意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

to‐morrow (複数形 to-morrows)

1. Archaic spelling of tomorrow.
   • 1910, J. O. P. Bland and E. Backhouse, China Under the Empress Dowager‎^[1], Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 137:

語源

From Middle English tomorwe, tomorwen, from 古期英語 tōmorgen, tō morgenne, tōmergen (“tomorrow”, adverb), from tō (“at, on”) + morgene, mergen (dative of morgen (“morning”)), from Proto-Germanic *murganaz (“morning”), perhaps, from Proto-Indo-European *mergʰ- (“to blink, to twinkle”), equivalent to to- +‎ morrow.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹəʊ/, /təˈmʌɹəʊ/
• (Boston) IPA^(key): /təˈmɒɹoʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /təˈmɑɹoʊ/, /tʊˈmɑɹoʊ/
• (NYC, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /təˈmɑɹə/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /təˈmɔɹoʊ/
• 韻: -ɒɹəʊ

副詞

tomorrow (not comparable)

1. On the day after the present day.
   • 1855, Charles Dickens, The Holly-Tree

     It was eight o'clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.

2. At some point in the future; later on

   If you don't get your life on track today, you're going to be very sorry tomorrow.

3. (possibly obsolete) On next (period of time other than a day, such as a week または a month), following the present (period of time).
   • 1664 March 28, debate in Great Britain's House of Commons, printed in 1803 in the Journals of the House of Commons, page 538:

     Resolved, &c. That the House be Called over again on Tomorrow Month, being the Six-and-twentieth Day of April next.

   • 1840, Melancholy Death of Amelia V, in The Christian Guardian (かつ Church of England magazine), page 60:

     'You shall go to it on to-morrow week, so make haste and get well!'

4. (obsolete) On the next day (following some date in the past).
   • 1717 October 8, Robert Wodrow, in a letter to Mr. James Hart, printed in 1828, Robert Wodrow, The History of the Sufferings of the Church of Scotland, page xxii:

     To prevent this, a committee for peace was proposed for to-morrow, who heard the ministers and Mr. Anderson upon the heads of the affair, but in vain; when their complaint was given in in Synod, and referred to the next Synod […]

   • 1817, James Kirkton, The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, page 126:

     […] after he hade drunk liberally in the Advocate's house that same day, went to bed in health, but was taken up stark dead to-morrow morning; and such was the testimony of honour heaven was pleased to allow Montrose's pompuous funerals.

反意語

• yesterday

名詞

tomorrow (複数形 tomorrows)

1. The day after the present day.

   Tomorrow will be sunny.

同意語

• morrow

反意語

• yesterday

派生語

名詞

to‐morrow (複数形 to-morrows)

1. Obsolete spelling of tomorrow.

参考

• to‐day
• to‐night