deer
要点シカ
意味
- シカ(鹿)
例文
The hunters trailed the deer over the mountain.
狩猟者たちは山を越えてシカの跡を追った。
If you go to Nara, you've got to see the deer.
奈良に行くなら、鹿を見るしかない。
Jane ran after the deer as fast as possible.
ジェーンは一生懸命鹿を追いかけました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English der, deer (“animal, deer”), from Old English dēor (“animal”), from Proto-West Germanic *deuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *deuzą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewsóm (“living thing”), from *dʰéws (“breath”), full-grade derivative of *dʰwes-. Cognate with Scots deer (“deer”), North Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), West Frisian dier (“animal, beast”), Dutch dier (“animal, beast”), German Low German Deer, Deert (“animal”), German Tier (“animal, beast”), Swedish djur (“animal, beast”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk dyr (“animal, beast”), Icelandic dýr (“animal, beast”).