remarkとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑɹk/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

名詞

remark (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 remarks)

1. An act of pointing out or noticing; notice or observation.
2. An expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 3, in The Mirror and the Lamp:

     One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.

   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit

     But the journey might have been one of several hours’ duration, without provoking a remark from either; for it was clear that Jonas did not mean to break the silence which prevailed between them, and that it was not, as yet, his dear friend’s cue to tempt them into conversation.

   make a remark

   pass a remark

   a biting remark

   a funny remark

   a spoken remark

3. A casual observation, comment, or statement
   • 2014, Stephen King, Mr. Mercedes: A Novel

     He remembers something Pete Huntley said at lunch, just a remark in passing, and the answer comes to him.

4. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque

関連する語

• counterremark
• remarkable

動詞

remark (三人称単数 現在形 remarks, 現在分詞 remarking, 過去形および過去分詞形 remarked)

1. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
2. (transitive) To express in words or writing; to state; to make a comment

   He remarked that it was getting late.

   • 1904, Elma MacGibbon, Leaves of Knowledge:

     He looked at me with pity, which caused me to smile, remarking that I had noticed that here and elsewhere in the east, the heroes had monuments or statues erected to their memory […]

3. (transitive) To pay heed to; notice; to take notice of
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:

     "Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connect in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."

   • 1889 January 3, Antoine D'Abbadie, in a letter to the editor of Nature, volume 39, pages 247-248:

     When travelling in Spain, Willkomm remarked qobar at a distance of 3 or 4 miles, yet, on reaching the actual spot, he saw nothing.

   • 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:

     “Let's just be grateful he's alive,” said Kate, and several heads turned sharply, remarking this unaccustomed display of feeling from a Fifth Floor lady.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to point out.
   • 1633, John Ford, Tis Pity She's a Whore

     Thou art a man remark'd to taste a mischief.

   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes

     His manacles remark him; there he sits.

語源 2

re- +‎ mark

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiˈmɑɹk/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

名詞

remark (複数形 remarks)

1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

動詞

remark (三人称単数 現在形 remarks, 現在分詞 remarking, 過去形および過去分詞形 remarked)

1. Alternative spelling of re-mark

Further reading

• remark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• remark in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

アナグラム

• Kramer, marker

語源

From re- +‎ mark.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈmɑɹk/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈmɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

名詞

re-mark (複数形 re-marks)

1. A mark that replaces another mark.

動詞

re-mark (三人称単数 現在形 re-marks, 現在分詞 re-marking, 過去形および過去分詞形 re-marked)

1. (transitive) To mark again.

アナグラム

• Kramer, marker