Old English ryge, from Proto-Germanic *ruig (cognates: Old Saxon roggo, Old Norse rugr, Old Frisian rogga, Middle Dutch rogghe, Old High German rocko, German Roggen), related to or from Balto-Slavic words (such as Old Church Slavonic ru?i, Russian rozh' "rye;" Lithuanian rugys "grain of rye," plural rugiai), from a European PIE root *wrughyo- "rye." Meaning "whiskey" (made from rye) first attested 1835. Rye bread attested from mid-15c.
例文
1. I was eating ham and Swiss cheese on rye .
ハムとスイスチーズを挟んだライ麦パンを食べています。
2. Rye is tolerant of poor,acid soils.
ライ麦はやせた酸性土壌に強い。
3.By cereals we mean wheat,oats, rye ,barley,and all that.
穀物については、小麦、オート麦、ライ麦、大麦のようなものを指しています。
4. Rye has many advantages as a winter-sown crop.
ライ麦は冬の作物として多くの利点がある。
5.The best-known grains are wheat,barley,oats, rye and maize.