Gunite swimming pool
世界的なプロテニスプレーヤーだったジョン・マッケンロー選手がニューヨークの避暑地にある別荘を売り出しています。
John McEnroe Is Selling His Hamptons House for $14.5 Million
The most famous tennis player to ever come out of Long Island, N.Y., is selling his Long Island summer home for $14.5 million.
John McEnroe, as well-known for his antics on the court as for his skill—he won seven Grand Slam tournaments—has put his Southampton home on the market. The house sits on 2.17 acres and of course has a tennis court—as well as a Gunite swimming pool. It also features its own stretch of deeded white sand beach.
Inside the home of the former “bad boy” of tennis there are eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The master suite has two of the bathrooms and a balcony.
McEnroe, who is 57, won Wimbledon three times and the U.S. Open four times–all between 1979 and 1984. He retired from the pro tour in 1992, but plays on the ATP Champions Tour, where retired pros play each other. He’s been married to musician Patty Smyth since 1997 after divorcing actress Tatum O’Neal in 1994.
He made over $12 million in prize money, in addition to the money he has made from endorsements and his work as a tennis analyst.
今回取り上げるのはa Gunite /gʌ'nait/ swimming poolです。まず、guniteをOxford dictionaries.com.で調べると“A mixture of cement, sand, and water applied through a pressure hose, producing a dense hard layer of concrete used in building for lining tunnels and structural repairs.”と定義されており、「ガナイト、吹き付けるコンクリート」ということが分かりました。
語源は「銃のような注入（吹き付け）器具」の“gun”と「化石・塩類・爆薬・商品などの名」の名詞をつくる接尾語である“-ite”からきているそうです。
a Gunite swimming poolの作り方の動画を見てみますと、プールの土台（形）を作ったあとに、コンクリートを勢いよく吹き付ける作業をする様子が映っていました。よって、このプールは敷地内に埋めて作られた、備え付けの大きめなセメントのプールを指していることが分かります。
このサイトにはほかにさまざまな大邸宅（まさにmansion）がとりあげられています。夢のような世界に浸ってみるのも一興かも。(flyingbird)
