phutとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: fŭt, IPA^(key): /fʌt/

間投詞

phut

1. A representation of the sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas; a representation of the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
   • 1956, Ian Fleming, Diamonds are Forever, published 1965, page 100:

     "Phut." Something whipped into the ground beside him and there was a pinpoint flash from the cabin. "B-o-i-n-g-g-g." There was another flash and the bullet hit the rail and whined off into the night.

   • 2007, Susan Gates, Beyond the Billboard:

     Then she heard the phut-phut-phut of an unfamiliar boat engine.

名詞

phut (複数形 phuts)

1. The sound made by a sudden release of steam or gas; the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
   • 1980, Gillian Cooke, A Celebration of Christmas:

     Even an expensive cracker can go off with a phut, not a bang, and burst to reveal one paper hat, one tired motto and a piece of plastic jewellery.

動詞

phut (三人称単数 現在形 phuts, 現在分詞 phutting, 過去形および過去分詞形 phutted)

1. To produce such a sound.

派生語

• go phut