eel
意味
- ウナギ
例文
"What do you want to eat?" "I'd like some eel."
「君は何が食べたい？」「僕はうなぎだ」
Holding an eel too fast is the way to let her escape.
あまりしっかりうなぎを握ると、かえって逃げられる。
The eel I caught last week is still alive.
先週私のとったうなぎは、まだ生きている。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English el (“eel”), from Old English ǣl (“eel”), from Proto-West Germanic *āl (“eel”), from Proto-Germanic *ēlaz (“eel”), which is of unknown origin. Cognates Cognate with West Frisian iel (“eel”), Dutch aal (“eel”), German Low German Aal, Ool (“eel”), German Aal (“eel”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish ål (“eel”), Faroese állur, álur (“eel”), Icelandic áll (“eel”).