peacock
要点雄クジャク、クジャク
意味
- 雄クジャク
- (一般に)クジャク
- 見え坊
例文
The peacock has fair feathers but foul feet.
くじゃくは羽は美しいが足は汚い。
The male peacock has colorful tail feathers.
雄のくじゃくは尾の羽毛が色彩豊かである。
It's a peacock. It was a peacock that cried just now.
孔雀だよ。いま鳴いたのは孔雀だよ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English pecok, pekok, pocok, pacok, first component from Old English pēa, pāwa (“peacock, peafowl”), ultimately from Latin pāvō; equivalent to pea + cock. Compare Old Norse páfugl (“peacock”, literally “peafowl”), and English peahen, peachick, etc.