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daw

音節daw 発音記号/dˈɔː/

【名詞】

＝jackdaw.

日本語WordNet(英和)

daw

【名詞】

1

一般的な黒と灰色のユーラシアの鳥で、盗みで知られる

(common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery)

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daw

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2012/04/25 15:07 UTC 版)

発音

• IPA: /dɔː/, X-SAMPA: /dO:/
• 韻: -ɔː
• Homophone: door (in non-rhotic accents)

語源 1

From Middle English dawe, from 古期英語 dāwe, from Proto-Germanic *dēhōn (compare German Dahle, Dohle, dialectal Tach), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰākʷ- (compare Old Prussian doacke (“starling”)).

名詞

daw (複数形 daws)

1. a jackdaw (a bird)
2. (obsolete) An idiot, a simpleton; fool.
   • 2002, Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea, Vintage 2003, p.

     ‘Of course I do, you great daw.’ She kissed his beautiful mouth and moved his fringe out of his eyes.

同意語

• jackdaw

語源 2

Middle English dawen, from 古期英語 dagian (“to dawn”), from Proto-Germanic *dagōnan (“to become day, dawn”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰAǵʰ- (“day”). More at day.

動詞

daw (三人称単数 現在形 daws, 現在分詞 dawing, 過去形および過去分詞形 dawed)

1. (obsolete, except in Scotland) To dawn.
2. (obsolete) To wake (someone) up.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XI:

     And than Sir Bors toke her up and dawed her, and whan she awaked she kneled afore tho three knyghtes and hylde up bothe her hondys [...].

3. (obsolete) To daunt; to terrify.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of B. Jonson to this entry?)

アナグラム

• ADW
• AWD
• wad, WAD