carapace

• n.シェル; アーマー

語源は不明。

carapace (n.)

1836, from French carapace "tortoise shell" (18c.), from Spanish carapacho or Portuguese carapa?a, which is of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from Latin capa (see cape (n.1)).

1. The arrogance became his protective carapace .

という傲慢な態度が彼の殻となった。

2.He tickled gently at its glossy carapace ，but the stubborn beetle would not budge.

彼は甲虫の滑らかな殻をそっと掻いているが、この頑固な甲虫は動かない。

3.The tortoise pulled its head into his carapace .

カメは頭を殻の中に入れた。

4.Main compositions Sourorange，tuckahoe， carapace element，fat-removing saponin etc.

主な成分：代名詞、ブクリョウ、キチン、サポニンなど。

5.He said and pulled his head into his carapace .

そう言って、カメは頭を殻の中に入れた。