oyster
要点カキ
意味
- カキ(食用,また真殊養殖用の貝)
例文
Those oysters I ate last night didn't agree with me.
昨晩食べた牡蛎に当たってしまった。
My stomach hurts. I wonder: was I poisoned by oysters?
お腹痛い。牡蠣に中ったかな。
I regret eating those oysters.
そのカキを食べた事を後悔しているんだ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English oystre, from Old English ostre, reinforced or superseded by Anglo-Norman oistre, which is from Old French oistre, uistre (compare modern French huître); both lines (Old English and Old French) from Latin ostrea, from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). Doublet of ostro (“a purple dye”).