broccとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

brocc (uncountable)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of broccoli.
   • 1991, Hank Nuwer, “Giving Kidney Stones the Heave-Ho”, in William LeGro, editor, High-Speed Healing: The Fastest, Safest and Most Effective Shortcuts to Lasting Relief (Prevention Magazine Health Books), Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Bladder and Kidney Problems), page 60:

     Chalk up the brocc. Broccoli is good for you, and George Bush would do well to cultivate a taste for it.

   • 2010, Kim O’Donnel, “Broccoli Pick-Up Sticks”, in The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, “Spring” section:

     Like this idea but prefer cauliflower to brocc? Head over to page 204 in the Kitchen Tricks section for those details.

   • 2015 November 18, Thaddeus David Hogan, Love and Lethargy: Stories and Poems‎, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

     He turned the heat on under the brocc pot and figured it was all good. Better late than over-steamed. Brocc gets picked up handheld.

   • 2023, Molly Baz, “Play by the Rules”, in More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 22, column 2:

     If it’s only a squeeze of lemon over your roasted broccoli, so be it. You made that brocc more delicious, and that’s precisely the point.

語源

Probably from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.

発音

• IPA: /brokk/, [brok]
• 韻: -okk

名詞

brocc m

1. badger

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: brok
  • English: brock
    • → Danish: brok c