thorn
要点とげ
意味
- (植物の)とげ,針
- 《複合語を作って》とげのある植物
- 《複数形で》苦痛の種
例文
Life has its sorrows, as every rose has its thorns.
どのバラにもとげがあるように人生には悲しみがある。
There's a thorn in my finger and I can't get it out.
指にとげが刺さって取れないんだ。
The thorns don't hurt so much when between them is a rose.
その合間から薔薇の美しさが見えるなら、棘はさほどの痛みを与えはしない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English thorn, þorn, from Old English þorn, from Proto-West Germanic *þorn, from Proto-Germanic *þurnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥nós, from *(s)ter- (“stiff”). Cognates Near cognates include West Frisian toarn, Low German Doorn, Dutch doorn, German Dorn, Danish and Norwegian torn, Swedish torn, törne, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌿𐍃 (þaurnus). Further cognates include Old Church Slavonic трънъ (trŭnŭ, “thorn”), Russian тёрн (tjorn), Polish cierń, Kamkata-viri taňi, tai (“thorn”), Sanskrit तृण (tṛ́ṇa, “grass”).