coralの意味・使い方・発音

coral

英 ['kɒr(ə)l] 美 ['kɔrəl]

サンゴ

ヘブライ語のセム語から。

coral: coral: [14] Coral may ultimately be of Semitic origin (Hebrew gōrāl ‘pebble’ has been compared), but the first record we have of it is as Greek korállion, which came to English via Latin corallum or corallium and Old French coral. Until the 17th century, the word was applied exclusively to the red coral (Corallium nobile); hence its use, since the early 16th century, for a ‘rich red colour’.
coral (n.): c. 1300, from Old French coral (12c., Modern French corail), from Latin corallium, from Greek korallion; perhaps of Semitic origin (compare Hebrew goral "small pebble," Arabic garal "small stone"), originally just the red variety found in the Mediterranean, hence use of the word as a symbol of "red." Related: Coralline. Coral snake (1760) is so called for the red zones in its markings. Coral reef is attested from 1745.

1. Although the coral looks hard,it is very delicate.: サンゴは丈夫そうに見えるが、実際には非常に壊れやすい。

2.These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands or atolls.: 地勢の低い珊瑚島や環礁にはこのようなねじはありません。

3.A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny,identical organisms.: サンゴ礁は多くの同じ微生物が堆積している。