repairとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Coined between 1300 and 1350 from Middle English repairen, from Middle French reparer, from Latin reparō (“renew, repair”).

動詞

repair (三人称単数 現在形 repairs, 現在分詞 repairing, 過去形および過去分詞形 repaired)

1. To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.

   to repair a house, a road, a shoe, a ship

   to repair a shattered fortune

   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], OCLC 228732398, page 44:

     Secret refreſhings, that repair his ſtrength,

   • 1807, William Wordsworth, “To the Daisy”, in Poems, in Two Volumes, volume II, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […], OCLC 262842809, page 96:

     Do thou, as thou art wont, repair
     My heart with gladness,

2. To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.

   to repair a loss or damage

   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, 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 i]:

     I'll repair the misery thou dost bear.

同意語

• See also Thesaurus:repair

派生語

• repairable, reparable
• repairer

名詞

repair (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 repairs)

1. The act of repairing something.

   I took the car to the workshop for repair.

   • 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:

     One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. […] But out of sight is out of mind. And that […] means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.

2. The result of repairing something.

   If you look closely you can see the repair in the paintwork.

3. The condition of something, in respect of need for repair.

   The car was overall in poor repair before the accident. But after the workshop had it for three weeks it was returned in excellent repair. But the other vehicle was beyond repair.

派生語

• disrepair

関連する語

• reparation
• reparative

語源 2

From Middle English repairen (“to return”), borrowed from Old French repairier, from Late Latin repatriare (“to return to one's country”), from re- + patria (“homeland”). Cognate to repatriate.

名詞

repair (複数形 repairs)

1. The act of repairing or resorting to a place.

   our annual repair to the mountains

   • 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, “(please specify |book=I to XVI)”, in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the Theater, published 1707, OCLC 937919305:

     The king sent a proclamation for their repair to their houses.

2. A place to which one goes frequently or habitually; a haunt.
   • 1668, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, M. DC. LXVI. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], OCLC 1064438096, (please specify the stanza number):

     There the fierce winds his tender force assail
     And beat him downward to his first repair.

動詞

repair (三人称単数 現在形 repairs, 現在分詞 repairing, 過去形および過去分詞形 repaired)

2. To transfer oneself to another place.

   to repair to sanctuary for safety

   • 1703, Alexander Pope, transl., “The Thebais of Statius”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, London: H. Lintont et al., published 1751:

     Go, mount the winds, and to the shades repair.

   • 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter IV, in Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. [...] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], OCLC 3163777, page 109:

     At a late hour, after I had been in bed some time, I heard the visitors repair to their chambers:

   • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 731476803, page 47:

     That finished, I repaired to my room, one flight up, and, after a thorough wash, seated myself, pipe in mouth, at the little window that opened on the Rue Garde.

   • 1960 April, B. Perren, “Resorts for Railfans -30: Bournemouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 239:

     [...] the train engine uncouples and either backs on to the up through line to await its next duty or repairs to the motive power depot.

派生語

• repatriate