1580s, from French moustache (15c.), from Italian mostaccio, from Medieval Greek moustakion, diminutive of Doric mystax (genitive mystakos) "upper lip, mustache," related to mastax "jaws, mouth," literally "that with which one chews," from PIE root *mendh- "to chew" (see mandible).
Borrowed earlier (1550s) as mostacchi, from the Italian word or its Spanish derivative mostacho. The plural form of this, mustachios, lingers in English. Slang shortening stache attested from 1985. Dutch slang has a useful noun, de befborstel, to refer to the mustache specifically as a tool for stimulating the clitoris; probably from beffen "to stimulate the clitoris with the tongue."
例文
1. Lovett was a tall，commanding man with a waxed gray mustache .
ロヴィットは威厳のある背の高い男で、灰色の八の字胡をたくわえている。
2. " Moustache " is a variant spelling of " mustache . 「
moustacheは mustache の異なる綴りです。
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3.He is the queer old duck with the knee-length gaiters and walrus mustache .
彼は高さと膝の皮の保護脚を着て、海象のような八字胡を残している、本当に変わった老いぼれだ。
4.A mustache ?hater,he is said once to have made an employee shave before he got a raise.
ひげを伸ばすのが嫌いで、従業員にひげを剃ってから昇給するように要求したことがあるという。
5.He had a big nose，a stiff mustache and deep-set eyes.