Heave ho!とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English have howe.

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌhiv ˈhoʊ/
• 韻: -əʊ

間投詞

heave-ho

1. An exclamation used when pulling, especially by sailors while pulling on a rope.
   • 1837, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “A Bell's Biography”, in The Snow Image and Other Twice Told Tales:

     Heave ho! up they hoisted their prize, dripping with moisture, and festooned with verdant water-moss.

   Synonym: yeave-ho

派生語

• yo-heave-ho

名詞

heave-ho (複数形 heave-hoes または heave-hos)

1. A cry of heave-ho.
2. (informal) A rejection; a forced removal.
   • 2002 August 8, Days of our Lives:

     Why would you think I'm still seeing Colin Murphy? I gave him the heave-ho, remember?

派生語

• to give someone the (old) heave-ho

動詞

heave-ho (三人称単数 現在形 heave-hoes, 現在分詞 heave-hoing, 過去形および過去分詞形 heave-hoed)

1. (informal) To pull forcefully.
   • 1840, Richard Henry Dana, Two Years Before the Mast:

     They were heave-ho-ing, stopping and unstopping, pawling, catting, and fishing, for three hours;

   Synonym: yeave-ho