brow
要点まゆ、まゆ毛、額
意味
- 《複数形》まゆ,まゆ毛
- 額(forehead)
- がけ(山)の端,斜面の上端
例文
Tom wrinkled his brow like he was displeased.
トムは不機嫌そうに額に皺を寄せた。
Tom mopped his brow with a handkerchief.
トムはハンカチで額を拭った。
Her brow was beaded with perspiration.
彼女の額は玉の汗だった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English browe, from Old English brū, from Proto-West Germanic *brāwu, from Proto-Germanic *brūwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs (“brow”). Cognate with Scots broo (“brow”), Dutch brauw (“brow”), German Braue (“eyebrow”), Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish bryn (“brow”), Faroese, Icelandic brún (“brow”). See also Middle Irish brúad, Tocharian B pärwāne (“eyebrows”), Lithuanian bruvi̇̀s, Serbo-Croatian obrva (“eyebrow”), Russian бровь (brovʹ, “brow”), Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”), Sanskrit भ्रू (bhrū, “eyebrow”)), Persian ابرو (abru, “eyebrow”), Khowar بروُ (bruú, “eyebrow”).