blackbirdとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black +‎ bird.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈblakbəːd/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌbɚd/
• 韻: -ækbə(ɹ)d

名詞

blackbird (複数形 blackbirds)

1. A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
2. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
3. (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers かつ pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.

同意語

• (Turdus merula): common blackbird; Eurasian blackbird; merle, merl; ouzel
• (Icteridae): icterid

派生語

動詞

blackbird (三人称単数 現在形 blackbirds, 現在分詞 blackbirding, 過去形および過去分詞形 blackbirded)

1. To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
   • 2005, Wal F. Bird, Me No Go Mally Bulla: Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863–1906, Ginninderra Press, →ISBN, →ISBN:

   • 2000, Kate Fortune; Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208:

     “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”

等位語

• ictericus
• merula
• merulus

Further reading

• blackbird on Wikipedia.
• Icterid on Wikipedia.