scum
意味
- (沸騰などの際に液体の表面にできる)浮きあわ,薄皮;(池などの水面の)浮きごみ,浮きあか
- 《集合的に》人間のくず;(個々の人間を指して)くず
- 浮きあわ(浮きごみ)ができる
例文
4. Just before bringing it to the boil, set to a low flame and remove the scum again.
４．煮え立たせる寸前で弱火にして、もう一度灰汁を取り除きます。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English scum, scome, skum, skome, scumme, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch schūme (“foam”), from Old Dutch *scūm, from Frankish *skūm, from Proto-Germanic *skūmaz (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, conceal”). Cognate with Dutch schuim (“foam”), West Frisian skuum, German Schaum (“foam”), Danish and Swedish skum (“foam”). Compare also French écume (“scum”), Italian schiuma (“foam”), Saterland Frisian Skuum, Sicilian scuma (“foam”), Walloon schome (“scum, foam”), Lithuanian šamas (“catfish”) and skanus (“tasty”) from the same Germanic source. Related to skim.