dreadlocksとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A woman with dreadlocks.

The Jamaican musician Bob Marley with his hair in dreadlocks.

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole dreadlocks, from dread (“of or relating to a dread”, adjective) (from dread (“(usually black) male member of the Rastafarian movement who wears his hair in dreadlocks”, noun), from English dread (“reverential or respectful fear; awe”), referring to the awe inspired by God) + English locks (plural of lock (“length or tuft of hair”)). The English word is analyzable as dread (“Rastafarian”, attributive) +‎ locks.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdɹɛdlɒks/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɹɛdˌlɑks/
• ハイフネーション: dread‧locks

名詞

dreadlocks pl (normally plural, singular dreadlock)

1. A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow long, and twisted into matted strings.

   Synonyms: dreads, locks

   • 2021, Oma N. Agbai, Jodie Raffi, “Hair Loss in Women of Color”, in Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, editors, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations (Updates in Clinical Dermatology), Cham, Zug, Switzerland: Springer Nature, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 154, column 2:

     The patient history may point to the use of tight hairstyles that put tension on the hair root or hair treatments that increase the vulnerability to traction-related damage. The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

派生語

関連する語

• brotherlocks
• sisterlocks

参考

• braids

動詞

dreadlocks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dreadlock

参照

Further reading

• dreadlocks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• F[rederic] G[omes] Cassidy and R[obert] B[rock] Le Page, editors (2002), “DREADLOCKS, sb cant”, in Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 159, column 1.

アナグラム

• saddlerock