lobster
意味
- ウミザリガニ(はさみのある大えび);(日本でいう)伊勢えびなど
例文
The sight of fresh lobster gave me an appetite.
新鮮な伊勢エビを見たら、食欲がわいた。
Lobsters belong to a class of marine animals.
ロブスターは海洋動物の一種に属します。
Shrimps, crabs, and lobsters are crustaceans.
エビ・カニ・ロブスターは甲殻類です。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English loppestere, lopster, from Old English loppestre, lopustre, lopystre, of uncertain origin. Some believe it to be a corruption of Latin lō̆custa (“grasshopper, locust”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre. In Latin, the phrase lō̆custa marīna (literally "sea-grasshopper") signified a type of crustacean (shrimp or lobster). Alternatively, from Old English lobbe, loppe (“spider”) + the Old English feminine agent suffix -estre, equivalent to lop + -ster.