豪キャブラリー: Chook
| Pronunciation | /tʃʊk/ (チュック) |
|---|---|
| Part of Speech | noun |
| English Definition |
A chicken; used of live birds and of cooked chicken alike ('we're having roast chook for dinner'). Chook is a very natural everyday word for Aussies, and a chook raffle is a traditional raffle in which a chicken is the prize. An egg is a googy egg, and chook is also often used as a nickname for a person. |
| Japanese Translation |
鶏、チキン |
| Japanese Explanation |
鶏、ニワトリを意味し、生きた鶏にも料理された鶏にも使われます。例えば「We're having roast chook for dinner.」なら「夕食はローストチキンだよ」という意味です。Aussie英語を代表する単語のひとつで、景品に鶏を出す昔ながらのくじ引きは「chook raffle」と呼ばれます。卵は「googy egg」で、人のニックネームとしてもよく使われます。 |
Origin
From British dialect chuck or chucky, according to the Australian National Dictionary Centre; established in Australian English in the nineteenth century.

