elephant
要点ゾウ
意味
- ゾウ
- (共和党の象徴としての)象
例文
The mother elephant bathes her baby in the river.
母親の象は川の中で小象の体をあらってやります。
Tom sketched a picture of an elephant for Mary.
トムはメアリーに象の絵を描いてあげた。
He shot many lions, elephants, and other animals.
彼はライオンやゾウなどたくさんの動物を銃で撃った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English elefant, elefaunt, from Old French elefant, elefan, olifant, re-latinized in Middle French as elephant, from Latin elephantus, from Ancient Greek ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās) (gen. ἐλέφαντος (eléphantos)). Believed to be derived from an Afroasiatic form such as Proto-Berber *eḷu (“elephant”) (compare Tamahaq êlu, Tamasheq alu) or Egyptian ꜣbw (“elephant; ivory”). More at ivory. Replaced Middle English olifant (from the aforementioned Old French form, from Vulgar Latin *olifantus), which replaced Old English elpend (“elephant”).