fox
要点キツネ
意味
- キツネ,雄ギツネ
- キツネの皮
- 《話》(キツネのように)こうかつな人,ずるい人
- …を欺く
- 〈人〉を当惑させる
- 偽る
例文
Humans are odd. I'd much rather be a cartoon fox.
人間は異質です。むしろ私はカートゥーンのキツネでありたい。
The hunting dogs followed the scent of the fox.
猟犬たちはキツネの匂いの跡をたどった。
The old man freed the little fox from the trap.
その老人は子ギツネをわなから放してやった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English fox, from Old English fox (“fox”), from Proto-West Germanic *fuhs, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz (“fox”), from Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos (“the tailed one”), possibly from *puḱ- (“tail”). Cognates Cognate with Yola vox, voxe (“fox”), North Frisian foos (“fox”), Saterland Frisian Foaks (“fox”), West Frisian foks (“fox”), Alemannic German Fuchs, Fugs, fuksch, fuks, fòcks, vucks (“fox”), Bavarian Fuchs, vucs, vuks (“fox”), Central Franconian Fuss (“fox”), Cimbrian buks, vuks (“fox”), Dutch vos (“fox”), German Fuchs (“fox”), Low German Voss (“fox”), Luxembourgish Fuuss (“fox”), Vilamovian füks (“fox”), Yiddish פֿוקס (fuks, “fox”), Norn fúa (“she-fox”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍉 (fauhō, “fo…