cleaver
英 ['kliːvə]
美 ['klivɚ]
- n. 肉切り包丁; [金物]薙刀
- n. (Cleaver) 人名; (Eng.) 薙刀.
英語の語源
- cleaver (n.)
- late 15c., "one who splits," agent noun from cleave (v.1). Originally "one who splits boards with a wedge instead of sawing;" attested as part of a surname from mid-14c. Meaning "butcher's chopper" is from mid-15c.
This last ["Marrowbones and Cleaver"] is a sign in Fetter Lane, originating from a custom, now rapidly dying away, of the butcher boys serenading newly married couples with these professional instruments. Formerly, the band would consist of four cleavers, each of a different tone, or, if complete, of eight, and by beating their marrowbones skilfully against these, they obtained a sort of music somewhat after the fashion of indifferent bell-ringing. When well performed, however, and heard from a proper distance, it was not altogether unpleasant. ... The butchers of Clare market had the reputation of being the best performers. ... This music was once so common that Tom Killigrew called it the national instrument of England. [Larwood & Hotten, "The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day," London, 1867]
例文
- 1. In fact，a cleaver is a class of ax.
- 実際には、肉切りナイフも斧の一種である。
- 2.A butcher becomes a Buddha the moment he drops his cleaver .
- 屠殺刀を置いて、すぐに成仏する。
- 3.They are witty， cleaver and gifted，stern and kind，boastful and shy.
- 彼らは機知に富んでいるか、才能に富んでいるか、厳しいか、善良であるか、自負しているか、恥ずかしい。
- 4.Take out a meat cleaver and cut off their hand.
- 肉切りナイフを手に取り、手を切り落とした。
- 5.Chicken Rice whacks it once side of her cleaver meat.
- 「チキンライスレディ」は急いで鶏肉を切ってご飯の上に置いた。
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