chopstick
意味
- (食事用を)はし
例文
We use chopsticks in place of knives and forks.
私たちはナイフとフォークの代わりに箸を使う。
I don't understand the way to hold chopsticks.
箸の持ち方が分かりません。
Do you know how to correctly hold chopsticks?
箸の正しい持ち方って知ってる？
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Apparently a compound of chop + stick, but the sense of the first element is not clear. The term was earliest applied to fishing tackle (from 1615), later being transferred to the dining utensil (attested since 1637) driven by their visual resemblance. The commonly held derivation from Chinese Pidgin English chop(-chop) (“quick”), a supposed calque from Chinese 筷子 (kuàizi, “chopstick, literally, ‘little quick ones’”), derived from 快 (kuài, “quick”), is chronologically impossible as Chinese Pidgin English did not come into existence until the 18th century.