abalone
アワビ
解説 Definition
磯にいる食用の貝で、内殻に美しい虹色の真珠層を持つ高級食材です。日本の沿岸地域でも珍重されます。
Abalone is a kind of large sea snail with a flat shell, often eaten as seafood. It is found in the ocean and is valued in cooking in some countries. The word refers to the animal itself or its meat.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
abalone は接頭辞・接尾辞で分解して意味を取る語ではないので、seafood の一語として丸ごと覚えるのが近道です。メニューや市場で oyster, crab, lobster などと並ぶ「高級な海産物」の仲間に置くと残りやすいです。説明は edible shellfish, iridescent shell, pearl-like inside と結びつけると、ただの貝でなく『内側が真珠のように光る食用貝』という像で固定できます。alone に見えても意味は無関係です。
Do not try to break this word into useful parts; it is better to learn it as one seafood word. Put it in a group with `oyster`, `crab`, and `lobster`, especially expensive seafood on menus. A strong image is its shiny, pearl-like inside shell.
例文
The chef prepared a delicate abalone dish for the special dinner.
そのシェフは特別なディナーのため、繊細なアワビ料理を準備した。
Abalone shells are prized for their iridescent mother-of-pearl interior.
アワビの殻は虹色の真珠層の内部が貴重です。
Abalone is considered a luxury seafood delicacy in many Asian cuisines.
アワビは多くのアジア料理で高級な海の珍味と見なされています。
abalone の語源・成り立ち Etymology
abaloneはスペイン語abulónから入り、さらに北米先住民ルムセン語awlunにさかのぼるとされる語。ラテン語の接頭辞分解ができる語ではなく、その土地の海産物名がほぼ音ごと英語に移った借用語だとわかると印象に残る。関連形にabulón、aulón。
`Abalone` came into English from Spanish `abulon`, and it is thought to go back to a Native American language of coastal California, often identified as Rumsen. Unlike many learned English words, it was borrowed as the local name of the sea animal rather than built from Latin or Greek parts. The form changed a little in sound as it moved between languages, but the word stayed close to its original source.
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