camel

• n.[畜][棘]ラクダ; サルベージ?フロート; 働き方官僚
• adj.ラクダ色; くすんだ茶色
• vi. ステレオタイプの平凡な仕事
• n.(ラクダ)人名；(仏)カルメル；(アラブ)カマル

ヘブライ語、単語行C、Gの原型から。

camel

camel: [OE] Naturally enough, camel is of Semitic origin: Hebrew has gāmāl, for example, and Arabic jamal. It was a relative of these that was the source of Greek kámēlos, which passed via Latin camēlus into English as early as the mid 10th century. (It replaced a previous Old English olfend, a word – shared by other early Germanic languages – apparently based on the misconception that a camel was an elephant.)

camel (n.)

Old English camel, perhaps via Old North French camel (Old French chamel, Modern French chameau), from Latin camelus, from Greek kamelos, from Hebrew or Phoenician gamal, perhaps related to Arabic jamala "to bear."

Another Old English word for the beast was olfend, apparently based on confusion of camels with elephants in a place and time when both were known only from travelers' vague descriptions. The Arabian have one hump (the lighter variety is the dromedary); the Bactrian have two.

1. The camel 's feet，well adapted for dry sand，are useless on mud.

ラクダのひづめは乾いた砂の上を歩くのに適しているが、ぬかるみにぶつかったときは手がつけられない。

2.A camel can bear burden.

ラクダは荷重をかけることができる。

3.The camel has a game leg.

そのラクダは足が不自由である。

4.Strain at a gnat and swallow a camel .

小さなことに拘り、大きなことに混乱している。

5.When fresh food and water are not available，the camel can feed off its hump.

新鮮な食べ物と水が得られないとき、ラクダはその肉峰に蓄えられた脂肪を消費して生命を維持することができる。