blunderとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 中期英語 blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from 中期英語 blondren, a frequentative form of 中期英語 blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend +‎ -er); and partly from 中期英語 blundren, a frequentative form of 中期英語 blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈblʌn.də(ɹ)/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈblʌn.dɚ/
• 韻: -ʌndə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: blun‧der

名詞

blunder (plural blunders)

1. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
2. (chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.

   Synonym: (symbol) ??

3. (obsolete) Confusion; bewilderment; trouble; disturbance; clamour. [ca. 1375–1774]

同意語

• (error): blooper, goof, howler; see also Thesaurus:error

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: blunder
• → Swedish: blunder

動詞

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

1. (intransitive) To make a big mistake, especially when it is careless or stupid. [from 1706]

   to blunder in preparing a medical prescription

   1. (chess, backgammon, intransitive) To make a bad move, especially caused by tactical oversight.
   2. (chess, transitive) To lose a piece due to having made a bad move [with the piece lost].

      blunder a rook

   3. (chess, transitive) To overlook the possibility of, or end up in, a specified undesirable situation after making a bad move.

      blunder a draw

      blunder a mate in one

2. (intransitive, sometimes figurative, with adverb or preposition) To move in an unsteady way. [from ca. 1386, figurative sense from 1641]
   • October 6, 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, The Bee No. 1

     I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow.

   • 1700, [John] Dryden, “Palamon and Arcite: Or, The Knight’s Tale. In Three Books.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     blunders on, and staggers every pace

3. (intransitive, with adverb or preposition) To enter a place or become involved in a difficult situation by mistake.
   • 2007 May 6, Steve Geng, “First Chapter: ‘Thick as Thieves’”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 June 2015:

     He and I had blundered into the middle of a gang fight once and I saw him shank a guy-stuck homeboy in the chest and strolled off cool as you please.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
   • 1676, Edward Stillingfleet, A Defence of the Discourse Concerning the Idolatry Practised in the Church of Rome:

     He blunders and confounds all these together.

   • 1714, Humphry Ditton, A discourse concerning the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

     Were a Diſpute to be manag'd purely for a Trial of Skill; then to ſhuffle and digreſs from the Matter in hand, ſo as by any means whatſoever to blunder an Adverſary, and ſtop the Progreſs of his Argument, were a more pardonable Piece of Folly.

派生語

派生した語

• → Dutch: blunderen

参照

• “blunder” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “blunder, v.”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “blunder, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

アナグラム

• bundler, Brundle, Ledburn