eater
意味一覧 (2件)
食べる人
解説 Definition
この語は食べる人を指す名詞で、食べる量や好みなどの特徴を述べるときによく用います。形容詞を添えると、量の多い人や好き嫌いが多い人といった食習慣の差を強調できます。食物や動物と組み合わせて複合語の一部としても使われます。
An eater is a person or animal that eats, often described by what or how they eat. It commonly appears in combinations such as "meat eater" or " picky eater." The word is simple and practical, and it is not usually formal.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eater は eat「食べる」に -er が付いた形で、「食べる人」と覚えられます。ただし単に今食事中の人ではなく、big eater「大食い」、picky eater「好き嫌いが多い人」のように、食べる量・好み・習慣で人をタイプ分けするときによく使います。person who eats よりも、食習慣を表すラベルとして押さえると自然です。
Build the word from eat + -er, like teach and teacher. An eater is a person described by eating habits, not just someone eating right now. Remember common combinations such as big eater and picky eater. The word can also appear in compounds like meat-eater.
例文
He has always been a big eater, often having seconds at every meal.
彼はいつも大食家で、毎食おかわりをすることが多いです。
My youngest child is a picky eater who refuses to try new foods.
私の末の子は好き嫌いが多く、新しい食べ物を試そうとしません。
Sharks are efficient eaters, consuming large amounts of fish to sustain their size.
サメは効率のよい食べ手で、その大きな体を維持するために大量の魚を食べます。
食べる動物
(意味 2)解説 Definition
eater は、動物を「何を食べるか」という観点で表す名詞です。plant eater や meat eater のように、食性や食物連鎖を説明する文脈でよく使われ、人ではなく動物一般を指します。
An eater is an animal described by what it eats. It is often used in combinations such as plant eater or meat eater to talk about diet and food chains. In this use, the word is usually about animals in general, not specifically about people.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
eat は「食べる」、-er は teacher や runner と同じく「〜するもの・人」を作る語尾です。ここでは人ではなく、動物を食性で分類する語として見るのがポイントです。plant eater, meat eater, algae eater のように、前に食べ物を置いて「それを食べる動物」と表す形でよく出ます。既存の「食べる人」の用法とは分けて覚えましょう。
Think of eat plus the ending -er, the same ending you see in words like teacher or runner. So an eater is "one that eats." In this word, the key point is that it often means an animal described by its diet, as in plant eater, meat eater, or algae eater. Keep this use separate from the more familiar meaning "a person who eats."
例文
A plant eater needs a steady supply of leaves, grass, or other green food.
草食の食べる動物には、葉や草などの緑の食べ物が安定して必要です。
In the pond, the turtle is mainly an algae eater.
その池では、そのカメは主に藻を食べる動物です。
Scientists studied whether the young fish was a meat eater or an insect eater.
科学者たちは、その幼い魚が肉を食べる動物なのか、昆虫を食べる動物なのかを調べました。
eater の語源・成り立ち Etymology
eater は古英語 etan「食べる」に、行為者を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた語です。eat や overeater と同じ語幹で、動作名に「する人」を足すだけで『食べる人』になる、英語らしい直球の造語です。
Formed in English from eat + -er, the common ending for a person who does an action. Eat goes back to Old English etan. The word keeps a very direct pattern: the verb names the action, and -er makes it "a person who does it," as in overeater.
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