chin
要点あご
意味
- あご(下あごの先端)
- (鉄棒で)懸垂をする
例文
I need to do something about this double chin.
この二重あごをなんとかしたいのよ。
He was listening with his chin resting on his hand.
彼はほおづえをつきながら聞き入っていた。
He sat at the table with his chin cupped in one hand.
彼はあごを片手にもたせて食卓にひじを突いて座っていた。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.