croonとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle Dutch kronen (“to groan, lament”) and Old Irish crónán, from Proto-Germanic *kre-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

	Recorded crooning from a person.
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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹuːn/
  • 韻: -uːn

動詞

croon (三人称単数 現在形 croons, 現在分詞 crooning, 過去形および過去分詞形 crooned)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To hum or sing softly or in a sentimental manner.
   • 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. [...] In Three Volumes, volume 2, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], OCLC 3163777:

     hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise

2. (transitive, intransitive) To say softly or gently
   • 2020, Sydney Ember, Sanders drives himself to the polls., New York Times:

     "Nice seeing you both," a woman at the check-in said. "Hey, I love you," another crooned.

3. (transitive) To soothe by singing softly.
   • 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume (please specify |volume=II または III), London: Chapman & Hall, […], OCLC 633494058, (please specify the chapter number):

     The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep.

4. (Scotland) To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

派生語

• crooner

名詞

croon (複数形 croons)

1. A soft or sentimental hum or song.
   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     And really, Michael Jackson is a more fitting aspiration for the similarly sexless would-be-former teen heartthrob, who’s compared himself to the late King Of Pop (perhaps a bit prematurely) on several occasions and sings in a Jackson-like croon over a sample of “We’ve Got A Good Thing Going” on Believe’s “Die In Your Arms.”