"small, flat-bottomed boat," 1709, American English, perhaps from a West Indian or Central American Indian language.
dory (n.2)
type of edible fish, mid-15c., from Old French doree, originally the fem. past participle of dorer "to gild," from Latin deauratus, past participle of deaurare, from de-, here probably intensive, + aurare "to gild," from aurum (see aureate). So called in reference to its colorings.
例文
1. Everything is just hunky- dory here.
ここではすべてが産声を上げている。
2.The trio went fishing that day for herring in a dory near Portugal Cove.
3人はニューファンドランド?ポルトガルに近い小さな入り江で平底船を運転してニシン漁をしている。
3. Dory Burke:Are you going to die like my dad?
ドリー?バーク:あなたは私の父のように死ぬの?
4. Dory .This is not whale,you 're speaking upset stomach.
ドリー.これはクジラ語ではありません。あなたはでたらめを言っています。
5. Dory ,I 'm a fella.I don 't think that 's a fella.