beerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From 古期英語 bearu (“grove”), from Proto-West Germanic *baru, from Proto-Germanic *barwaz (“grove”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈbɪɚ/

固有名詞

Beer

1. A village in East Devon district, Devon, England.

派生語

• Beer Hackett

語源 2

• As an English surname, from the place name in Devon (see Etymology 1 above); also from 古期英語 bār (“boar”).
• As a north German and Dutch surname, from beer (“bear”). See also the surnames Baer and Bahr.
• As an Alemannic German surname, spelling variant of Bier (“beer”).

固有名詞

Beer

1. A surname.

派生語

参照

• Mills, A. D. (2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.

アナグラム

• Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb

語源

From be +‎ -er. Hyphenated to avoid confusion with the beverage beer.

名詞

be-er (plural be-ers)

1. One whose self-identity is in passive roles, such as experiencing and observing.
   • 1990, Budge Wilson, “Be-ers and Doers”, in The leaving, and other stories:

     That meant, among other things, that he was going to be a fast-moving doer. And even when he was three or four, it wasn't hard for me to know that this wasn't going to be easy. Because Albert was a beer. Born that way.

   • 1997, David Foster Wallace, “E UNIBUS PLURAM: television and U.S. fiction”, in A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments:

     they were also sentient citizens of a community that was exchanging the old idea of itself as a nation of doers and be-ers for a new vision of the U.S.A. as an atomized mass of self-conscious watchers and appearers.

   • 2010, Liz Miller, Mood Mapping: Plot Your Way to Emotional Health and Happiness:

     'Be-ers' or 'observers' assess a situation, see what's happening, and then take action if necessary

   • 2011, Shakti Gawain, Laurel King, Living in the Light:

     The two types could be called the “doers” and the “be-ers.” They roughly correspond to “type A” and “type B” personalities

等位語

• doer

アナグラム

• Bree, Eber, Erbe, Reeb, bere, bree, eber, reeb