squirrel

• n. リス; リスの毛皮
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英仏語のesquirelから、古フランス語のescurueilから、ラテン語のsciurusから、ギリシャ語のskiourosのリスから、語源的にはsciophobia、影恐怖症と同じskiaの影、ouraの尾、尻、語源的にはarseと同じ尻から、リスの巨大な尾にちなんで名付けられた。

squirrel

squirrel: [14] The squirrel’s name means etymologically ‘little shadow-tail’. It comes via Anglo-Norman esquirel from Vulgar Latin *scūriōlus, a diminutive form of *scūrius. This was an alteration of Latin sciūrus ‘squirrel’ (now the scientific name for the squirrel genus), which in turn came from Greek skíouros, a compound formed from skiá ‘shadow’ and ourá ‘tail’.
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squirrel (n.)

early 14c., from Anglo-French esquirel, Old French escurueil "squirrel; squirrel fur" (Modern French écureuil), from Vulgar Latin *scuriolus, diminutive of *scurius "squirrel," variant of Latin sciurus, from Greek skiouros "a squirrel," literally "shadow-tailed," from skia "shadow" (see shine (v.)) + oura "tail," from PIE root *ors- "buttocks, backside" (see arse). Perhaps the original notion is "that which makes a shade with its tail." The Old English word was acweorna, which survived into Middle English as aquerne.

squirrel (v.)

"to hoard up, store away" (as a squirrel does nuts), 1939, from squirrel (n.). Related: Squirreled; squirreling.

1. The squirrel makes a store of nuts for the winter.

リスは越冬に備えてナッツを貯蔵する。

2.The squirrel stashes away nuts for winter.

リスは越冬に備えてくるみを貯蔵している。

3.A grey squirrel is scampering from limb to limb.

灰色のリスが木の枝の間を飛び回っている。

4.The driver of the car sheered to avoid hiting the squirrel .

リスを押さえつけないように運転手は車を偏向した。

5.He saved like a lunatic squirrel for a new ice age.

彼は新しい氷河期の到来に備えて食糧を蓄えているリスのようだ。