lamb
要点子羊
意味
- ラム(Charles~;1775‐1834;英国の文人・随筆家・批評家)
- 子羊
- 子羊の肉
- =lambskin
- 《the L-》神の子,キリスト(Christ)
- 気だてのやさしい(柔和な)人,無邪気な人
- 〈羊が〉子を産む
例文
Do you have any preference between beef and lamb?
牛肉と小羊の肉のうちどちらがお好みですか。
Have you got any preference between beef and lamb?
牛肉と小羊の肉のうちどちらがお好みですか。
Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.
メリーさんは、雪のように真っ白な毛をした子羊を飼っていました。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.