toad
意味
- ヒキガエル,大形のカエル
例文
I can't distinguish a frog from a toad.
カエルとヒキガエルの区別が出来ない。
The firefly was eaten by a toad.
蛍がヒキガエルに食べられちゃったよ。
I can't tell a frog from a toad.
カエルとヒキガエルの区別が出来ない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English tode, toode, tadde, tade, from Old English *tāde, a shortened variant of Old English tādie, tādiġe (“toad”). Cognate with Scots tade, taid, taed, ted (“toad”). Compare also Danish tudse (“toad”), possibly originally from the same prehistoric root; also Swedish tåssa, tossa (“toad”), Old English tāxe (“toad”), Old English tosca (“toad”) by contrast.