drawerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (box)
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /dɹɔɹ/
  • 韻: -ɔː(r)
  • Homophone: draw (英国発音)

• (person)
  • (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/, /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/
  • 韻: -ɔːə(ɹ)

語源 1

From draw (“to move by pulling”) +‎ -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.^[1]

名詞

drawer (複数形 drawers)

1. An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
2. (graphical user interface) A side panel containing supplementary content.

派生語

語源 2

Middle English drawer, from draw +‎ -er (“person または thing that does the action”). Attested from the 14th century.^[2]

名詞

drawer (複数形 drawers)

1. Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
   • 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, in NYTimes.com‎^[1]:

     Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.

   • 2014 January 25, Gordon Rayner, “Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team – just don't volunteer to change the light bulbs [online version: Wanted: an enthusiastic and proactive individual to run the Queen’s bath, 24 January 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph‎^[2], page 9:

     Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath [title] ... [T]he successful applicant for the role of "housekeeping assistant" mus also be prepared for rather less conventional tasks; such as running the Queen's bath and cleaning her priceless antiques.

2. An artist who primarily makes drawings.
3. (banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
4. A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar […], OCLC 928184292, book VII:

     When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.

   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.

5. Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.

6. (mining, historical) A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

参考

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