今日の単語はReader's Digest 1月号の記事Tent Commandmentにあったアウトドアでの必需品の一つです。タイトルに洒落が入っていますね。
Gaffer tape: there's not much that can't be fixed or held firmly in place with some gaffer tape.
"gaffer tape" の "gaffer" は以前やはりReader's Digestの映画関係の単語クイズに出てきたもので、"the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production" を指していました。そうなると "gaffer tape" は絶縁テープを連想しますが、どうでしょうか? 辞書を見ます。
・Wiktionary: A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by lighting electricians.
・Collins Dictionary: (British) strong adhesive tape used in electrical repairs: Her head was wound with gaffer tape round the eyes and mouth.
・The PhotoNotes.org, Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography: Also “gaffer’s tape.” Heavy wide adhesive tape made of thick matt black fabric. Such tape is sold to movie productions (to be used by gaffers - chief lighting technicians - and other crewmembers), theatre companies, photographers, etc. Gaffer tape is very useful for taping up cameras, attaching things together temporarily, etc. Unlike cheap silver duct tape it tends not to leave unpleasant sticky residues when removed. It also tends to be remarkably expensive.
なるほど、絶縁テープに限らず、丈夫な粘着テープ類を示すのですね。水漏れなどを防ぐ "silver duct tape" より高級なテープとされていますが、素人としてはダクトテープは少なくとも梱包用のテープより高そうなのでどんなテープを指しているのかピンこない。今度ホームセンターに行った時にどんなテープがあるのか見てこよう。
Gaffer tape: there's not much that can't be fixed or held firmly in place with some gaffer tape.
"gaffer tape" の "gaffer" は以前やはりReader's Digestの映画関係の単語クイズに出てきたもので、"the chief electrician on a motion-picture or television production" を指していました。そうなると "gaffer tape" は絶縁テープを連想しますが、どうでしょうか? 辞書を見ます。
・Wiktionary: A sturdy adhesive tape, made of plastic reinforced with cross-linked fibre, often used by lighting electricians.
・Collins Dictionary: (British) strong adhesive tape used in electrical repairs: Her head was wound with gaffer tape round the eyes and mouth.
・The PhotoNotes.org, Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography: Also “gaffer’s tape.” Heavy wide adhesive tape made of thick matt black fabric. Such tape is sold to movie productions (to be used by gaffers - chief lighting technicians - and other crewmembers), theatre companies, photographers, etc. Gaffer tape is very useful for taping up cameras, attaching things together temporarily, etc. Unlike cheap silver duct tape it tends not to leave unpleasant sticky residues when removed. It also tends to be remarkably expensive.
なるほど、絶縁テープに限らず、丈夫な粘着テープ類を示すのですね。水漏れなどを防ぐ "silver duct tape" より高級なテープとされていますが、素人としてはダクトテープは少なくとも梱包用のテープより高そうなのでどんなテープを指しているのかピンこない。今度ホームセンターに行った時にどんなテープがあるのか見てこよう。