scab
意味
- (傷口の)かさぶた
- 《話》(労働組合にはいらない)非組合員;スト破り
- スト破りをする
例文
The blisters have formed scabs.
水ぶくれがかさぶたになってきました。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English scabb, scabbe (also as shabbe, schabbe > English shab), from Old English sċeabb and Old Norse skabb, both from Proto-Germanic *skabbaz (“scab, scabies”), from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to cut, split, carve, shape”). Doublet of shab. Cognate with German Schabe (“scabies”), Danish skab (“scab, scabies”), Swedish skabb (“scab, scabies”), Latin scabies (“scab, itch, mange”). Related also to Old English scafan (“to scrape, shave”), Latin scabere (“to scratch”), English shabby.