carrotとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English karette and Middle French carotte, both from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρῶτον (karôton). Doublet of carotte. Displaced native 古期英語 mōre.

• Noun sense of "motivational tool" refers to carrot and stick.
• Verb sense in felt manufacture refers to the orange colour of drying furs.

発音

• (General American) enPR: kâr'ət, IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹ.ət/; enPR: kĕr'ət, IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɹ.ət/
• (Received 発音) enPR: kâr'ət, IPA^(key): /ˈkæɹ.ət/
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• 韻: -æɹət
• 異形同音異義語: carat, karat
• (weak vowel merger) Homophone: caret
• ハイフネーション: car‧rot

名詞

carrot (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 carrots)

1. A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, especially the subspecies sativus in the family Apiaceae.
2. A shade of orange similar to the flesh of most carrots (also called carrot orange).

   carrot:  

3. (figuratively) Any motivational tool; an incentive to do something.
4. (UK, slang, derogatory) Someone from a rural background.
5. (UK, slang) A police officer from somewhere within the British Isles, but specifically outside of Greater London.
6. (slang) A redhead; a ginger-haired person

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