unicorn
意味
- 一角獣(想像上の動物)
- (紋章として使われるライオンの尾をした)一角獣
例文
I am the most beautiful unicorn in the world.
俺様は世にも美しいユニコーン様でござるぞ。
The English love the unicorn as much as they love the lion.
イギリス人はライオンと同じくらいユニコーンを愛する。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English unicorne, unikorn, from Anglo-Norman unicorne, Old French unicorne, and their source, Latin ūnicornis, (from ūnus (“one”) + cornū (“horn”)), a calque of Ancient Greek μονόκερως (monókerōs, “having one horn”, (from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + κέρας (kéras, “horn”))). Displaced native Old English ānhorn, itself a calque of the Latin term. First attested in the early 13th c. * Other senses from either rarity (e.g., possessing multiple skills) or by physical resemblance to having a horn (e.g., howitzer). The finance sense was coined by American investor Aileen Lee and first used in a 2013 article.