thrips
アザミウマ（虫）
解説 Definition
アザミウマ、小さな昆虫。花や植物に寄生し、チリイロアザミウマなどの種がある。
Thrips are very small thin insects that often feed on plants. They are common in agriculture and gardening because they can damage leaves, flowers, and crops. The word is usually used as both singular and plural in form, depending on usage.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
「th」で始まるので舌先を軽く出す英語らしい摩擦音、続く「rips」で小さく素早く動く感じをつかむと、花や葉を傷める微小害虫の語として残しやすい。日常語ではなく、園芸・農業・温室・害虫防除の文脈でまとまって出る専門寄りの単語だと押さえるのがコツ。aphid（アブラムシ）や mite（ダニ）と同じく“植物につく小害虫名”の棚に入れると整理しやすい。つづりが trip / trips にかなり近いので、旅行の trips とは完全に別語だと最初に切り分けて覚える。
This is best remembered as a specialist insect word you meet in gardening or farming. Put it in the same mental group as `aphid` and `mite`: tiny pests that damage plants. The spelling is close to `trips`, so it helps to separate them clearly in your mind from the start. `Thrips` belongs to plants and pests, not travel.
例文
Thrips are tiny insects that can damage crops and flowers.
アザミウマは作物と花に損傷を与える可能性のある小さな昆虫である。
Gardeners often struggle with thrips infesting their plants.
庭師はしばしば植物に寄生するアザミウマに困っている。
Many species of thrips are considered agricultural pests.
アザミウマの多くの種は農業害虫と見なされている。
thrips の類義語・関連語
類義語
thrips の語源・成り立ち Etymology
thrips はギリシャ語 thrips「木を食う虫」が新ラテン語を経て入った語で、接頭辞や接尾辞に分けるより、虫の名がそのまま英語化した形です。Taeniothrips や Thripidae に同じ語根が残り、微小な害虫名として定着した理由が見えてきます。
"Thrips" came from Greek "thrips," the name of a wood-eating insect, and entered English through New Latin scientific use. Rather than being built from smaller parts in English, it was borrowed as an insect name. The same root appears in scientific names such as "Thripidae" and "Taeniothrips." Its form stayed close to the old classical name as it became established in modern science.
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