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語源 1

From 中期英語 thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of 古期英語 þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and 古期英語 þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”).

Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

名詞

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:

     I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.

2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.

派生語

参照

• thrush on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Turdidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Turdidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

語源 2

Uncertain, though likely not related to the "bird" sense of Etymology 1; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish torsk, Norwegian trøske. Perhaps also related to Old French fourchette (“frog of a horse's hoof”).

名詞

thrush (plural thrushes)

1. A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.
   • 1991 August 24, Dawn Schmitz, “AIDS Redefined In 1992?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 6:

     Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.

同意語

• candidiasis

派生語

参照

参考

• candida
• turdiform

参照

• “*thrush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.