mooseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: mo͞os, IPA^(key): /muːs/
• 韻: -uːs
• Homophone: mousse

語源 1

Earlier mus, moos, from a Northeastern Algonquian language name for the animal, such as Massachusett moos, mws, Narragansett moos or Penobscot mos (cognate to Abenaki moz), from Proto-Algonquian *mo·swa (“it strips”), referring to how a moose strips tree bark when feeding: compare Massachusett moos-u (“he strips, cuts smooth”).^[1][2]

名詞

moose (plural moose or (dated) mooses or (一般的ではない用法) meese)

1. (US, Canada) The largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus, sometimes included in Alces alces), of which the male has very large, palmate antlers.

   We saw a moose at the edge of the woods.

2. (informal) An ugly person.

使用する際の注意点

• The usual plural of moose is moose; compare the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant. Other plurals are rare and nonstandard: mooses (with the usual English plural-forming suffix -s) and meese (jocularly formed by analogy to goose → geese).^[3]

同意語

• (largest member of the deer family (Alces americanus)): elk (英国用法), Newfoundland speed bump (カナダ用法, humorous)

派生語

派生した語

• → Irish: mús
• → Khmer: មូហ្ស (muuhsɑɑ)
• → Korean: 무스 (museu)
• → Persian: موس‎ (mūs)
  • → Arabic: مُوظ‎ (mūẓ)
• → Thai: มูส (múus)
  • Thai: กวางมูส (gwaang-mûut)

参考

• moose on Wikipedia.

語源 2

Japanese むすめ (“girl”).

名詞

moose

1. (US, military, slang) An Asian girl taken as a lover.
   • 2005, Rupert Nelson, Like the Rings of a Tree (page 279)

     In military bases in the rear areas it was common for soldiers to have a moose.

   • 2011, Michael Cullen Green, Black Yanks in the Pacific (page 75)

     Even the lowest ranked serviceman, because of his salary, benefits, and status as an American occupationaire, could afford to “maintain a 'Moose' and still take care of his other obligations.

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