chicken
要点ひよこ
意味
- ひよこ,(一般に)ひな鳥
- 《米》(一般に)鶏(《英》fowl)
- ひな鳥の肉,鶏肉
- 《米話》青二才;小娘
- 《俗》おくびょう者
- 鶏肉の
- 小さい
- 《俗》おくびょうな
例文
Chickens and geese were walking around the yard.
ニワトリとガチョウたちは庭を歩き回っていました。
We pigged out on pizza and chicken at lunchtime.
僕たちは昼飯にピザとチキンをたらふく食べた。
Don't count your chickens until they've hatched.
卵がかえる前にひよこの数を数えるな。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English chiken (also as chike > English chick), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *kiukīn (“chicken”), or alternatively from Proto-West Germanic *kukkīn, equivalent to cock + -en. Compare North Frisian schückling (“chicken”), Saterland Frisian Sjuuken (“chicken”), Dutch kuiken (“chick, chicken”), German Low German Küken (“chick”), whence German Küken (“chick”), (elevated, obsolete) German Küchlein (“chick”) and Old Norse kjúklingr (“chicken”).