chrysalis

• n. [クイン]蝶のさなぎ；昆虫の繭；準備期間

語源のchrysは黄金色。蝶のさなぎが黄金色であることから名付けられた。

chrysalis

chrysalis: [17] Etymologically, a chrysalis is a ‘gold’-coloured pupa, for the word derives ultimately from Greek khrūsós ‘gold’. Many butterflies do have pupae that, at least to start with, have a metallic sheen of gold, so the Greeks applied to them the term khrūsallís, in which the final element seems to mean something like ‘sheath’. This passed into English via Latin chrysalis. Also formed from Greek khrūsós (which is of Semitic origin) is chrysanthemum [16], which means literally ‘gold flower’.

chrysalis (n.)

c. 1600, from Latin chrysallis, from Greek khrysallis (genitive khrysallidos) "golden colored pupa of the butterfly," from khrysos "gold," perhaps of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew and Phoenician harutz "gold") + second element meaning something like "sheath." Seeking a plural, OED leans toward the classically correct chrysalides.

1. A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

幼虫はさなぎになり、蝶になる。

2.A larva metamorphoses into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

幼虫は蝶さなぎになり、蝶になる。

3.An ant is running about looking for food.He saw a chrysalis .

アリが餌を探していて、蝶のさなぎを見た。

4.Silkworm chrysalis is the important raw material of silk industry.

桑蚕繭はシルク工業の重要な原料である。

5.The chrysalis slowly turned into a butterfly.

そのさなぎはゆっくりと蝶になった。