ostrich

• n.ダチョウ; ダチョウのような人

ラテン語のostrica、ダチョウから。ダチョウは危険が迫ると砂の中に頭を突っ込むことを好むので、脱走主義者という意味のostrichの語源となった。

ostrich

ostrich: [13] Greek strouthós seems originally to have meant ‘sparrow’. Mégas strouthós ‘great sparrow’ – the understatement of the ancient world – was used for ‘ostrich’, and the ‘ostrich’ was also called strouthokámelos, because of its long camel-like neck. Eventually strouthós came to be used on its own for ‘ostrich’. From it was derived strouthíōn ‘ostrich’, which passed into late Latin as strūthiō (source of English struthious ‘ostrich-like’ [18]).

Combined with Latin avis ‘bird’ (source of English augur, aviary, etc) this produced Vulgar Latin *avistrūthius, which passed into English via Old French ostrusce as ostrich.
=> struthious

ostrich (n.)

early 13c., from Old French ostruce "ostrich" (Modern French autruche) and Medieval Latin ostrica, ostrigius, all from Vulgar Latin avis struthio, from Latin avis "bird" (see aviary) + Late Latin struthio "ostrich," from Greek strouthion "ostrich," from strouthos megale "big sparrow," perhaps from PIE *trozdo- "thrush" (see thrush (n.1)). The Greeks also knew the bird as strouthokamelos "camel-sparrow," for its long neck. Among its proverbial peculiarities are indiscriminate voracity (especially a habit of swallowing iron and stone to aid digestion), want of regard for its eggs, and a tendency to hide its head in the sand when pursued.

Like the Austridge, who hiding her little head, supposeth her great body obscured. [1623, recorded in OED]

Ostriches do put their heads in the sand, but ostrich farmers say they do this in search of something to eat.

1. I 've eaten ostrich meat on the continent.

ヨーロッパ大陸でダチョウ肉を食べたことがあります。

2.An ostrich can kick a man to death.

ダチョウは人を蹴り殺すことができる。

3.The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes.

そのダンサーはピンクのダチョウの毛で作った頭飾りをつけていた。

4. Ostrich is the fastest animal on two legs.

ダチョウは両足が最も速く走る動物である。

5.The short-distance runner wishes he could run as fast as the ostrich .

このスプリンターは自分がダチョウのように速く走りたいと思っている。