grasshopperとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English gressehopper, grashopper, grashoppyr, alteration of earlier grashope, grashoppe, greshoppe, from 古期英語 græshoppa, gærshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass +‎ hopper.

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/, /ɡɹæsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/
• ハイフネーション: grass‧hop‧per

名詞

grasshopper (複数形 grasshoppers)

1. A herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
   1. In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
   2. In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers または bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.

   Synonym: grasshop (まれに)

   Hyponym: locust

2. A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
3. (figuratively) A young student in initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
   • 2009, B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2:

     Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia.

4. (music) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.

   Synonym: hopper

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派生語

• grasshopper engine
• grasshopper lobster
• grasshopper warbler
• knee high to a grasshopper

関連する語

• grasshop

Further reading

• grasshopper on Wikipedia.
• grasshopper (cocktail) on Wikipedia.