deciduous
英 [dɪ'sɪdjʊəs]
美 [dɪ'sɪdʒuəs]
語源
落葉de-, 下向きに。-cid「落ちる」、語源的にはcase「事故」と同じ。
英語の語源
- deciduous
- deciduous: see decay
- deciduous (adj.)
- 1680s, from Latin deciduus "that which falls off," from decidere "to fall off," from de- "down" (see de-) + cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). Originally with reference to leaves, petals, teeth, etc.; specific sense of "trees whose leaves fall off" (opposed to evergreen) is from 1778.
例文
- 1. Overgrown decidous shrubs can be cut back at this time of year.
- 茂りすぎた落葉低木は、毎年この時期に剪定することができます。
- 2. Decidous trees shed their leaves in autumn.
- 落葉樹木は秋に落葉する。
- 3.Fusions were common between strains from decidous hosts or coniferous hosts.
- 広葉樹や針葉樹に寄生する菌系間融合が一般的である。
- 4.Regional ecosystem types,such as grass land,desert,and decidous forest,are called biomes.
- 地域の生態系、例えば草原、砂漠、落葉林は生物帯とも呼ばれている。
- 5.Rose,a red rose for the decidous shrub rose family.
- バラ、赤いバラは落葉低木バラ科。
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