rabbit(ラビット)
意味
- ウサギ;《米》(一般にhareも含めて)ウサギ
- ウサギの毛皮(肉)
- 《英話》(ゴルフ・クリケット,特にテニスの)へたなプレーヤー
- ウサギを狩る
例文
I looked after the rabbits when I was at school.
学校に通っていた時、ウサギの世話をした。
"I really do," replied the little black rabbit.
「その通りだよ」と小さい黒いウサギは言いました。
It's hard to catch a rabbit with your bare hands.
ウサギを素手で捕まえるのは難しいよ。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English rabet, rabette, from Anglo-Latin rabettus, from dialectal Old French rabotte, probably a diminutive of Middle Dutch or West Flemish robbe (“rabbit, seal”), of uncertain origin; possibly some imitative verb, maybe robben, rubben (“to rub”) is used here to allude to a characteristic of the animal. See rub.