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2004.10.29
Like a
cool autumn breeze, Friday has arrived!
If the paper clip is the unsung hero of office supplies, then
perhaps today's WordMaster is equally deserving of our respect!
STAPLER ホッチキス
- A stapler is a device for attaching two or more sheets of
paper together by pushing a small U-shaped piece
of wire through them.
A staple is one of the U-shaped pieces of wire used in a stapler.
The verb staple means to attach something with a stapler.
Be Careful! The word 'Hotchkiss' (ホッチキス) comes from the Hotchkiss stapler (made by E. H. Hotchkiss Company, Connecticut, U.S.A.), a stapler sold in Japan in the early 1900s. 'Hotchkiss' is NOT used to mean stapler in general. - stapler は、U字型の針金を突き刺すことによって紙を留める道具、つまり、ホッチキスのことです。
staple は、ホッチキスに入れて使うU字型の針金のことです。
staple は、動詞としても使われ、ホッチキスで留める、という意味になります。
注意:日本語の「ホッチキス」は、E. H. Hotchkiss 社(アメリカのコネチカット州)製の Hotchkiss stapler から来ています。その会社のホッチキスは、1900年代のはじめに日本で販売されました。英語では普通、stapler の意味で、Hotchkiss という言葉は使いません。
- That little stapler wasn't designed to go through so many sheets of paper. Here, use this big one.
- Why does the stapler always seem to run out of staples when I use it?
- (giving
instructions to an employee)
Never use staples on important documents; they damage the paper. Use paper clips instead. - This report's too big to staple together. I'll put it in a binder.
- (instructions
on a recruiting Web site)
Staple a photograph of yourself to the application and send to the following address.
Find the magic this weekend!