ox
意味
- 去勢された食肉用
労働用の雄牛 - 《複数形oxenで》牛
例文
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
卵を盗む奴は牛も盗む。
They had lit a fire fit to roast an ox.
やつらは雄牛を丸焼きにするくらいの火をおこしていた。
He who steals a pin will steal an ox.
一事が万事。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English oxe, from Old English oxa, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsō, from Proto-Germanic *uhsô (compare West Frisian okse, Dutch os, German Ochse), from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn. Cognate with Welsh ych (“ox”), Tocharian A ops, Tocharian B okso (“draft-ox”), Avestan 𐬎𐬑𐬱𐬀𐬥 (uxšan, “bull”), Sanskrit उ॒क्षन् (ukṣán).