hazel: [OE] Hazel is a very ancient tree-name. It can be traced right back to Indo-European *kosolos or *koselos, which also produced French coudrier and Welsh collen. Its Germanic descendant was *khasalaz, from which come German hasel, Dutch hazel-, and Swedish and Danish hassel as well as English hazel. The earliest known use of the word to describe the colour of eyes comes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet 1592: ‘Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason, but thou hast hazel eyes’.
hazel (n.)
Old English h?sl, h?sel, from Proto-Germanic *hasalaz (cognates: Old Norse hasl, Middle Dutch hasel, German hasel), from PIE *koselo- "hazel" (cognates: Latin corulus, Old Irish coll "hazel"). Shakespeare ("Romeo and Juliet," 1592) was first to use it (in print) in the sense of "reddish-brown color of eyes" (in reference to the color of ripe hazel-nuts), when Mercutio accuses Benvolio:
Thou wilt quarrell with a man for cracking Nuts, hauing no reason, but because thou hast hasell eyes.
例文
1. She has hazel eyes.
彼女は淡褐色の目をしている.
2.They were standing in the shade of hazel bushes.
彼らは濃い榛の木の下に立った。
3.The Country Mouse was sitting under a hazel thicket plucking nuts.
郷鼠がヘーゼルナッツの茂みの下に座って硬果を摘んでいる。
4.It 's not fair Hazel always takes Edward 's part whether 's right or wrong.
ヘイゼルエドワードが正しいかどうかにかかわらず常に味方しているのは公正ではない。
5.The desks were littered with catkins， hazel and willow，which the pupils had been sketching.