英和和英

語源

From body +‎ guard.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɒdiɡɑːd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɑːdiɡɑːɹd/

名詞

bodyguard (plural bodyguards)

1. A person or group of persons, often armed, responsible for protecting someone.

同意語

動詞

bodyguard (third-person singular simple present bodyguards, present participle bodyguarding, simple past and past participle bodyguarded)

1. (transitive) To act as bodyguard for (someone).
2. (transitive, figuratively) To protect (someone or something).
   • 2005 March 7, Christopher Hitchens, ‘Burned Out’, Slate:

     The same report, on a news page and not bodyguarded by any news analysis warning, goes on to say that repeated discoveries of cheating and covert activity mean that the credibility of Iran has been harmed.