draught - 語彙力を鍛える！語源で覚える英単語(62)

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タイトルAddenbrooke's Hospital: US government to pay for destroyed helipad

 

The United States government will pay for repairs to an NHS hospital's helipad destroyed by a departing military aircraft, the hospital said.

 

The landing site at Addenbrooke's in Cambridge was damaged by the draught of a USAF CV22 Osprey as it took off on 21 April while carrying out medical transfer training.

Cambridge Dictionaries Onlineより

a piece of text, a formal suggestion, or a drawing in its original state, often containing the main ideas and intentions but not the developed form:

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYより

perhaps from a PIE *dhregh- "to draw, drag on the ground"   

印欧語dra[ドラ、ドレ、ドロ、トラ　引きずる]が語源です。

 dheragh（デラグ＝ひきずる）

山並 陞一『語源でわかった!英単語記憶術』より抜粋

山並先生の本では、語源はdheraghですが、ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARYでは　dhregh-（意味は同じ）になっています。

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