shipwreckとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English schip-wracke, from 古期英語 sċipwræc (“jetsam”), equivalent to ship +‎ wrack. Cognate with Scots schip-wrak (“to shipwreck”, verb), Swedish skeppsvrak (“shipwreck”). Modern form is due to influence from wreck.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪpɹɛk/

名詞

shipwreck (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 shipwrecks)

1. A ship that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy.
   • 1670, John Dryden and William D'Avenant, The Tempest

     heaven will drive shipwrecks ashore to make us all rich

2. (countable, uncountable) An event where a ship sinks or runs aground.
   • 1688, John Dryden, The Life of St Francis Xavier

     they made the coast of Cochin China, and the tempests, which rose at the same time, threatened them more than once with shipwreck

3. (figuratively) destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, 1 Timothy 1:19:

     Holding faith and a good conscience, which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck.

   • 1879, John Morley, Burke

     It was upon an Indian bill that the late ministry had made shipwreck.

同意語

• shipbreach

派生語

• shipwrecky

動詞

shipwreck (三人称単数 現在形 shipwrecks, 現在分詞 shipwrecking, 過去形および過去分詞形 shipwrecked)

1. To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap.

参考

• castaway