al・lureの英語

語源 1

From 中期英語 aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈlʊɚ/, /əˈlɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈlʊə/, /əˈljʊə/, /əˈlɔː/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /əˈlʉːɹ/
• (Ireland) IPA: /əˈluːɹ/
• 韻: -ʊə(ɹ)

名詞

allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.

動詞

allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)

1. (transitive) To entice; to attract.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:

     [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.

   • 1737, R[ichard] Glover, “Book VI”, in Leonidas. A Poem.‎, page 152:

     A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.

同意語

• attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

派生語

関連する語

• lure

語源 2

From 中期英語 alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) +‎ -ure.

名詞

allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

1. (dated) Gait; bearing.
   • Harper's Magazine

     The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

2. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

別の表記

• alure

アナグラム

• Laurel, laurel