eggplant
意味
- ナス
例文
I've got to do something with this eggplant.
このナス、どうにかしなきゃ。
I have to do something with this eggplant.
このナス、どうにかしなきゃ。
You don't get eggplants from a gourd vine.
瓜のつるに茄子はならぬ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. Compare Dutch and Afrikaans eierplant (“eggplant”), German Eierpflanze (“eggplant”), Swedish äggplanta (“eggplant”). Compare also Afrikaans eiervrug (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”), Icelandic eggaldin (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”).