broccoli
意味
- ブロッコリー(カリフラワーに似た植物;茎と花球は食用)
例文
Broccoli is one of the best vegetables for you.
ブロッコリーは最も体にいい野菜の一つだ。
The broccoli is either costly or of poor quality.
そこのブロッコリーは高価であるか品質が悪いかのどちらかだ。
Today's broccoli is overcooked and tasteless.
今日のブロッコリー、ゆだりすぎでおいしくないよ。
語源
イタリア語で「小さな芽・新芽」の複数形。つぼみが集まった形から「ブロッコリー」。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
First attested in 1699, Italian broccoli, plural of broccolo (“cabbage sprout, head”), diminutive of brocco (“shoot, sprout”) (which is also the origin of brocade), from Latin broccus (“pointed, sharp, projecting; buck-toothed”), possibly of Gaulish origin, related to Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”) or Proto-Celtic *brozdos (“tip, point”) (compare Scottish Gaelic brog (“pointed instrument, awl”), Welsh procio (“thrust, poke”), Old English brord (“point, spike”)). More at brochure, brad.