mud
要点泥
意味
- 泥;ぬかるみ
例文
The boy returned with his face covered with mud.
少年は顔中泥んこになって帰って来た。
He was covered with mud from head to foot.
彼は全身泥まみれだった。
He was covered in mud from head to foot.
彼は全身泥まみれだった。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English mud, mudde, mode, probably a borrowing from Middle Dutch mod, modde or Middle Low German mudde, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (“mud”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mew- (“moist”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Mudde (“mud”), Middle High German mot (“mud”), Swedish modd (“slush”). Compare also suffixed variants English mother (“vinegar-forming sediment in alcohol”), West Frisian modder (“mud”), Dutch modder (“mud”), German Low German Mudder (“mud”), German Moder (“moldiness, mildew, decay”), Danish mudder (“mud”). Alternative etymology suggests the Proto-Germanic word is possibly borrowed from a Uralic language (compare e.g.