Voyageとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔɪ.ɪdʒ/

名詞

voyage (複数形 voyages)

1. A long journey, especially by ship.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Ivlivs Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene iii], page 126, column 1:

     There is a Tide in the affayres of men, / Which taken at the Flood, leades on to Fortune: / Omitted, all the voyage of their life, / Is bound in Shallowes, and in Miſeries.

   • 1621 (first performance)​, John Fletcher, “The Wild-Goose Chase; a Comedy”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, OCLC 1015511273, Act V, scene vi, page 467, column 2:

     I love a Sea voyage and a bluſtring tempeſt; [...]

2. (obsolete) The act or practice of travelling.
   • 1631, [Francis Bacon], “New Atlantis. A VVorke Vnfinished.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] VVilliam Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], page 12, OCLC 1044372886:

     [...] [A]ll Nations haue Enterknowledge one of another, either by Voyage into Forreine Parts, or by Strangers that come to them: [...]

同意語

• adventure
• exploration
• expedition
• excursion
• journey
• tour
• vacation

派生語

• maiden voyage

関連する語

• envoy

動詞

voyage (三人称単数 現在形 voyages, 現在分詞 voyaging, 過去形および過去分詞形 voyaged)

1. (intransitive) To go on a long journey.
   • 1850, William Wordsworth, The Prelude

     A mind forever voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

   • 1870, Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], published 1892, OCLC 1514723, stanza 9, page 322:

     O soul, voyagest thou indeed on voyages like those? / Disportest thou on waters such as those?

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