coral
TOEFLサンゴ
意味
- サンゴ
- サンゴ細工
- サンゴ色,深紅色
- サンゴ[製]の
- サンゴ色の,深紅色の
例文
Your eyes are like corals, dazzling and very pretty.
君の目はまるでサンゴのよう。ギラギラしていて、とてもきれい。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Old French coral (French corail), from Latin corallium, from Ancient Greek κοράλλιον (korállion, “coral”). Probably ultimately of Semitic origin, compare Hebrew גּוֹרָל (goral, “small pebble”), Arabic جَرَل (jaral, “small stone”), originally referring to the red variety found in the Mediterranean. Since ancient times, a common folk etymology, accepted by some earlier scholars, connected the word instead to Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē) (referring to Medusa). Beekes mentions both theories and considers the Semitic one convincing.