wolverineとは意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• wolverene

語源

1619; alteration of earlier wolvering (1574), diminutive of wolver (“ravenous または savage animal; person who behaves like a wolf”) (1593),^[1] ultimately from wolf.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʊlvəˌɹiːn/, /ˈwɒlvəˌɹiːn/
• (米国発音, also) IPA^(key): /ˌwʊlvəˈriːn/

名詞

wolverine (複数形 wolverines)

1. A solitary, fierce mammal of the Mustelidae family, Gulo gulo^ws.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:

     “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully. “ I ain't had a bite to eat since four o'clock this morning, and I'm hungry as a wolverine. … I know she'd have give me another drink of that old moonshine she has.”

同意語

• carcajou, skunk bear, glutton, quickhatch, beaver eater

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