常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

tarmac 復習

 トルコイスタンブール空港で,爆発が発生し,清掃員1名が死亡しました。爆発の原因は現在調査中です。事件が起きた時は付近に乗客はおりませんでした。
 記事の中で気になった単語は"tarmac"です。『Wisdom英和辞典第三版』(三省堂)によると「ターマックで舗装した道路;(空港の)駐機場, エプロン」などという意味がありました。ODには"A runway or other area surfaced with tarmac or a similar material"と定義されております。ODに示されておりますが,"tarmac"は道路の舗装材として用いられる" tarmacadam"の短縮形になります。(Ume)

Turkey Istanbul airport blast kills cleaner

An explosion on the tarmac at Sabiha Gokcen airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed a female cleaner.
The woman who died was working on a Pegasus airlines plane overnight when the blast took place. A colleague who was with her was wounded.

The cause of the explosion is under investigation, the airport says.
Armed police imposed tight security at the airport's entrance, Turkish media said, but flights were said to be running normally.

The woman killed, 30-year-old Zeyhra Yamac, died of head injuries.

No passengers were on the plane or nearby at the time, Pegasus said in a statement.
It said the explosion happened at 02:05 (00:05 GMT) on Wednesday. Although the cause of the blast was unknown, police were investigating whether it was a bomb, Dogan news agency reported.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35167328

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/A30/20100812/1281587472