wutherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwʌðə/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈwʌðɚ/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈwɐðə/
• (Northern England) IPA: /ˈwʊðə/
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈwʊðəɹ/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA: /ˈwʌðəɹ/
• 韻: -ʌðə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: wuth‧er

動詞

wuther (third-person singular simple present wuthers, present participle wuthering, simple past and past participle wuthered)

1. Alternative form of whither
2. of a wind: to blow with a dull roaring, such as among trees

名詞

wuther (plural wuthers)

1. Alternative form of whither
2. the sound of a wuthering wind.
   • 1853 January, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Auld Lang Syne”, in Villette. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC, page 8:

     I felt sure now that I was in the pensionnat—sure by the beating rain on the easement; sure by the ‘wuther’ of wind amongst trees, denoting a garden outside; sure by the chill, the whiteness, the solitude, amidst which I lay.

Further reading

• Wuthering Heights on Wikipedia.Wikipedia