lobe
意味
- 耳たぶ
- (内臓・組織の)葉(よう)(肺葉・肝葉など)
例文
I wonder what ear lobes are for.
耳たぶは何のためにあるのだろう?
I wonder why we have ear lobes.
耳たぶは何のためにあるのだろう?
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle French lobe in early 16th century, from New Latin lobus (“a lobe”), from Ancient Greek λοβός (lobós, “the lobe of the ear or of the liver, the pod of a leguminous plant”).