Wombatとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• whom-batt (obsolete)

語源

Borrowed from Dharug wumbat.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈwɑmˌbæt/
• (英国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˈwɒm.bæt/
• 韻: -ɑmbæt, -ɒmbæt
• 韻: -æt

名詞

wombat (plural wombats)

1. A herbivorous, burrowing marsupial of the family Vombatidae, mainly found in southern and eastern Australia.
   • 2025 March 13, Hilary Whiteman, “US tourist filmed running off with baby wombat flees Australia after visa threat”, in CNN‎, archived from the original on 14 March 2025:

     An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident. […] It’s not clear when the video was shot, nor the location, but it was at night on what appears to be a country road somewhere in southeastern Australia, where most wombats reside.

2. (Australia, slang) A slow and stupid person; a dullard.

派生語

同意語

• vombatid