smelt
ワカサギ
解説 Definition
Smelt はワカサギなどの小型の銀色の魚を指す語です。英語では魚の種類名として使われ、食材や釣りの話題でよく見られます。
A small, slender, silvery fish of a group generally found in cool coastal waters, rivers, or lakes. Smelt are commonly caught for food or sport and are often cooked and eaten whole.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ここでは動詞 smell の過去形ではなく、冷水域にすむ小型の銀色の魚「ワカサギなど」を表す名詞。a smelt、several smelt のように魚名として使い、catch smelt、fried smelt、fish for smelt という釣り・料理の場面で覚える。銀色の小魚を氷上釣りし、揚げて食べる像が有効。
Here smelt is a fish noun, not the past-tense form of smell and not the verb meaning “extract metal from ore.” Picture small silver fish caught through the ice of a frozen lake and then served fried with lemon. Typical phrases are catch smelt, fish for smelt, and fried smelt. The noun may appear without a changed ending when several fish are meant, as often happens with names of fish. That fishing-and-food scene keeps this sense separate from the unrelated verbs.
例文
We caught Smelt in the cold river.
私たちは冷たい川でワカサギを捕まえました。
The restaurant served fried Smelt with lemon.
そのレストランでは、レモンを添えたワカサギのフライが出されました。
Many people fish for Smelt when the lake freezes.
湖が凍ると、多くの人がワカサギ釣りをします。
smelt の類義語・関連語
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smelt の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中世オランダ語「smelt」に由来し、魚体が放つキュウリのような香りが名称の源である。単純なゲルマン語語根から構成され、嗅覚語「smell」と系統が近い。この鮮度を示す匂いが漁師の識別名として定着し、現在の英名へ受け継がれた経緯が納得できる。
The fish name smelt has long-standing Germanic relatives and is recorded through forms including Middle Dutch smelt. The exact deeper origin is not completely certain. The name has traditionally been connected with the distinctive cucumber-like odor produced by fresh fish of this group, which may invite comparison with smell. In present-day English, however, smelt is simply the established common name for several small silvery food fish.
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