contuseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From (the participle stem of) Latin contundere (“pound または beat small”), from com- + tundere (“beat, thump”).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈtuz/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /kənˈtjuːz/

動詞

contuse (三人称単数 現在形 contuses, 現在分詞 contusing, 過去形および過去分詞形 contused)

1. (transitive) To injure without breaking the skin; to bruise.
   • 1869, St Louis Medical Society, The Medical Archives, volume III:

     How many uteruses, vaginas and perineums, suppose you, would we have to contuse and lacerate before we acquired the amount of skill and dexterity to which the gentlemen who advocate the forceps have attained?

   • 1965, John Fowles, The Magus:

     His mouth had been struck or kicked. The lips were severely contused, reddened.

   • 2 Nov 2008, Donald Macleod, The Guardian:

     This would have to be followed by a calculation of 'reasonable force', knowing that any bruising, scratching or contusing would expose me to a charge of assault.

関連する語

• contusion