fetch

取ってくる、連れてくる

どこかへ行って物を持ち帰ったり、人を連れてきたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To go somewhere, get someone or something, and bring them back.

• Please fetch my bag.
• The dog fetched the ball from the garden.
• Could you fetch a doctor for my grandmother?

使い方： fetch someone something (Could you fetch me a glass of water?); fetch something from somewhere (He fetched a blanket from the bedroom.)

類義語： get, retrieve, bring

よく使う表現： fetch something, fetch a doctor, fetch someone something

値がつく、売れる

売られるときに、ある金額の値がつくこと。

やさしい英語で： If something does this, it is sold for a particular amount of money.

• The painting fetched a high price.
• Her old car fetched more than she expected.
• How much will this rare book fetch at auction?

使い方： fetch + amount/price (The old vase fetched two hundred dollars.)

類義語： sell for, bring in, command

よく使う表現： fetch a high price, fetch good money, fetch something at auction, fetch a good price

到達する、たどり着く

特に船で移動するときに、目的の場所や位置にたどり着くこと。

やさしい英語で： To reach a place or achieve a position, especially when traveling by boat.

• The ship fetched the harbor before dark.
• They hoped to fetch the island before the wind changed.
• The small boat finally fetched the sheltered shore.

類義語： reach, arrive at, attain

よく使う表現： fetch the harbor, fetch the shore, fetch headway

フェッチ、データ取得

コンピューターがメモリーや保存先、別のコンピューターからデータを取り出す処理。

やさしい英語で： An operation in which a computer gets data from memory, storage, or another computer.

• The data fetch failed.
• Each instruction fetch reads the next command from memory.
• A second fetch from the server returned the missing records.

使い方： a fetch from something (A fetch from the cache is usually faster.)

類義語： retrieval, read operation

よく使う表現： a data fetch, an instruction fetch, a cache fetch

策略、たくらみ

人をだますために使う、巧妙な手口や計画。

やさしい英語で： A clever trick or plan used to deceive someone.

• His story was a cunning fetch.
• She saw through the merchant's clever fetch.
• The tale describes several fetches used to steal the farmer's money.

類義語： trick, ruse, stratagem, artifice

よく使う表現： a cunning fetch, a clever fetch, a dishonest fetch