bran: [13] English borrowed bran from Old French bran, but its ultimate source is unclear. Modern French bran means ‘excrement’, and if this had always been a part of the word’s makeup it might have been possible to suggest a Celtic origin, perhaps a Gaulish *brenno- (Welsh braen and Irish brean both mean ‘manure’), but English bran appears never to have meant anything but ‘cereal husks’. It may ultimately be connected with burn. => burn
bran (n.)
c. 1300, "the husk of wheat, barley, etc., separated from the flour after grinding," from Old French bren "bran, scurf, scales, feces" (12c., Modern French bran), perhaps connected with Gaulish *brenno- "manure," or with burn (v.). The word also was used 16c. in English for "dandruff flakes."
例文
1. Fresh fruits and vegetables are important and so is bran .
新鮮な果物や野菜は重要で、グルテンも。
2.Oat bran became the darling of health freaks last year.
燕麦麩は昨年、保健マニアのお気に入りとなった。
3.Using a pestle and mortar，pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
杵と臼を用いて、ふすまを粗粉にする。
4.Many people experienced a drop in their cholestrol levels when they consumed oat bran .
多くの人がオートミールを食べてコレステロールレベルが低下した。
5.Lincoln Six Echo，choices are fruit，oatmeal and any type of bran .