bantam

• n. 短足のニワトリ
• adj.短く鋭い; 攻撃的
• n. （バンタム）人の名前；（南アフリカの）バンタム

インドネシアのジャワ島原産のバンタムという名前は、非常に攻撃的な鶏の名前に由来する。

bantam

bantam: [18] When these diminutive chickens were first imported into Europe in the middle of the 18th century, it was thought that they had originated in a village called Bantam in Java, now in Indonesia, and they were named accordingly. This version of their history has never been firmly established, but the name stuck. Bantamweight as a category of boxing weights dates from the 1880s.

bantam (n.)

1749, after Bantam, former Dutch residency in Java, from which the small domestic fowl were said to have been first imported. Extension to "small person" is 1837. As a light weight class in boxing, it is attested from 1884, probably from the birds, which are small but aggressive and bred for fighting.

1. Bantam Lyons raised his eyes suddenly and leered weakly.

バンタム?レオンズはふらふらと目を上げ、ぼんやりと斜めに彼を見ていた。

2.Kafka Franz.The metamorphosis.New York: Bantam Books 1986.

フランツ?カフカ、『変形記』、ニューヨーク：ベンタム出版社、1986.

3.The Bantam River（a sweet little thing）passed right by us.

バンタン川（美しい小川）はちょうど私たちの住んでいる場所のそばを流れています。

4.The sweet little Bantam River rose.

美しいバンタン川の水が上がった。

5. Bantam Lyons 'yellow blacknailed fingers unrolled the baton.

バンダム?ライオンズは爪の黒ずんだ黄色の指で新聞用紙を開いた。