ape

• n. [棘] 猿; 馬鹿; 模倣者
• vt. 模倣する; セリフを盗む
• adj.狂信者
• n. （猿の）人名；（イタリア語の）猿

語源不明。

aperitif アペリティフ

フランス語から。語源 aper（開く）、開く。

ape

ape: [OE] Ape (in Old English apa) has cognates in several Germanic languages (German affe, Dutch aap, Swedish apa), and comes from a prehistoric West and North Germanic *apan (perhaps originally borrowed from Celtic). Until the early 16th century, when English acquired the word monkey, it was the only term available for any of the non-human primates, but from around 1700 it began to be restricted in use to the large primates of the family Pongidae.

ape (n.)

Old English apa "ape, monkey," from Proto-Germanic *apan (cognates: Old Saxon apo, Old Norse api, Dutch aap, German affe), perhaps borrowed in Proto-Germanic from Celtic (compare Old Irish apa) or Slavic (compare Old Bohemian op, Slovak opitza), perhaps ultimately from a non-Indo-European language.

Apes were noted in medieval times for mimicry of human action, hence, perhaps, the other figurative use of the word, to mean "a fool." To go ape (in emphatic form, go apeshit) "go crazy" is 1955, U.S. slang. To lead apes in hell (1570s) was the fancied fate of one who died an old maid.

ape (v.)

"to imitate," 1630s, but the notion is implied earlier, as in the phrase play the ape (1570s), Middle English apeshipe "ape-like behavior, simulation" (mid-15c.); and the noun sense of "one who mimics" may date from early 13c. Related: Aped; aping.

1. When Colonel Harper found out，he would go ape .

ハーパー大佐は発見すると必ず激怒する。

2.The new finds have deepened our knowledge of giant ape .

新しい発見物は私たちの巨猿に対する認識を深めた。

3.Man has evolved from the ape .

人は類人猿から進化した.

4.Men are descended from ape -men.

人は類人猿から転じた.

5.Methods clinical data of 10 patients with APE were analyzed.

方法10例の APE と診断された患者の臨床資料を分析した。