pickaxe
意味
- つるはし
例文
You can't mine diamonds without an iron pickaxe or better.
鉄のツルハシかそれ以上のものがないと、ダイヤモンドの採掘はできません。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.