bravoとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, /bɹɑˈvoʊ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɑːvəʊ/, /bɹɑːˈvəʊ/
• 韻: -ɑːvəʊ, 韻: -əʊ

名詞

bravo (複数形 bravos または bravoes)

1. A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
   • 1753, Theophilus Cibber, The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753)‎^[1]:

     As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him.

   • 1911, H. Rider Haggard, Red Eve‎^[2]:

     "Why should I fight the King of England's bravoes?" inquired Acour in a languid voice of those who stood about him, a question at which they laughed.

   • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, page 104:

     Because the headache will always be there, a weapon that never wears out and is as deadly as the bravo’s rapier or Lucrezia's poison vial.

2. A shout of "bravo!"
   • 1907, Kate Dickinson Sweetser, Boys and girls from Thackeray‎^[3]:

     There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest.

3. The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

同意語

• (hired soldier): see Thesaurus:mercenary

間投詞

bravo!

1. Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.

   Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

使用する際の注意点

Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms brave (feminine) and bravi (masculine または mixed).

同意語

• See Thesaurus:well done

関連する語

• bravissimo

動詞

bravo (三人称単数 現在形 bravos または bravoes, 現在分詞 bravoing, 過去形および過去分詞形 bravoed)

1. To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
   • 1910, May Agnes Fleming, The Baronet's Bride‎^[4]:

     "And my Sunbeam was bravoed, and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?"

   • 1899, Richard Le Gallienne, Young Lives‎^[5]:

     Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses.