feather
要点羽
意味
- (1枚の)羽,羽毛
- 羽毛のように軽い(弱い,小さい,つまらない)もの
- …に羽毛を付ける;…に羽飾りを付ける
- (ボートをこぐとき)〈オール〉を水平に返す
例文
The peacock has fair feathers but foul feet.
くじゃくは羽は美しいが足は汚い。
Mary is busy plucking the feathers from the chicken.
マリはニワトリの羽毛をむしり取るのに忙しい。
The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.
雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fethere, from Old English feþer, from Proto-West Germanic *feþru, from Proto-Germanic *feþrō, from Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ (“feather, wing”), from *peth₂- (“to fly”). Cognate with West Frisian fear (“feather”), Cimbrian bèdara, fòdara (“pillowcase”), vèdara (“feather”), Dutch veder, veer (“feather”), German Feder (“feather”), German Low German Fedder (“feather”), Luxembourgish Fieder (“feather”), Vilamovian faoder (“feather”), Yiddish פֿעדער (feder, “feather”), Danish fjeder, fjer (“feather”), Faroese fjøður (“feather”), Icelandic fjöður (“feather”), Norwegian Bokmål fjær, fjør (“feather”), Norwegian Nynorsk fjøder, fjør (“feather”), Swedish fjäder (“feather”).