carrot
要点ニンジン
意味
- ニンジン
- ニンジンの根
例文
Daikon might be more expensive than the carrots.
大根は人参より高いかもしれない。
He does not like carrots, so he did not eat it.
彼はニンジンが好きではないので、食べなかった。
Except for carrots, there is nothing he won't eat.
ニンジンは別にして、彼が食べないものはない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Inherited from Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón). Doublet of carotte and related to caraway. Displaced native Middle English more, from Old English more, moru (“edible root, parsnip, carrot”), related to German Möhre (“carrot”). * Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick. * Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs.