paw
要点足
意味
- (四つ足動物のかぎつめのある)足
- 《話》《おどけて》(人間の)手
- 〈四つ足動物が〉…を足でたたく(ひっかく)
- 《話》…を手荒く(無器用に)扱う
- (…を)ひっかく,手荒に扱う《+at+名》
例文
The dog gave a yelp when I trod on its paw.
私が足を踏むと犬は鳴いた。
The cat likes fish, but doesn't like getting its paws wet.
その猫は魚が好きなんだけど、足が濡れるのが嫌なのよ。
I don't want to be made a cat's paw.
だしに使われるのはごめんだ。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English pawe, from Old French poue, poe, from Vulgar Latin *pauta. Further origin unknown, perhaps from Frankish *pōta, from Frankish *pōtōn (“to put, stick, plant”), from Proto-Germanic *putōną, whence also Old English potian (“to push”), pȳtan (“to put out, poke out”). See more at put. Doublet of pote, put, and putt. Cognate with Dutch poot, poten (“to plant”), Low German Pote, German Pfote, Icelandic pota (“to stick”).