cuticle

• n. キューティクル; 表皮; 鞘

PIE*skeu（覆う、保護する）が語源で、hide（隠す）、house（家）、custody（保管）と同じ。

cuticle

cuticle: see hide

cuticle (n.)

1610s, from Latin cuticula, diminutive of cutis "skin," from PIE *ku-ti-, from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal" (cognates: Lithuanian kiautas "husk," Old English hyd "skin, hide;" see hide (n.1)). Specialized sense of "skin at the base of the nail" is from 1907. Related: Cuticular.

1. The reform has hardly made a scratch upon the cuticle of affairs.

改革はまだ物事の表皮にほとんど触れていない.

2.The old cuticle is digested by molting fluid.

旧表皮は脱皮液で消化された。

3.The 'shell "is composed of three structures：the membranes，the mineralized part and the cuticle .

卵殻は3つの構造から構成されている：膜、ミネラル化部分と殻膜.

4.The outer tangential wall of both surfaces had cuticle .

上下表皮外接壁に角質膜がある。

5.The oil painting under his brush then becomes a layer of cuticle .

油絵は、ここで表皮になっている。