英和和英

語源

Borrowed from Dharug dingu (“tame or domesticated dingo”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdɪŋɡəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈdɪŋɡoʊ/
• 韻: -ɪŋɡəʊ

名詞

dingo (plural dingos or dingoes)

1. A wild dog native to Australia (Canis familiaris, Canis familiaris dingo, Canis dingo, or Canis lupus dingo).
   • 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:

     Dan was beginning to feel very depressed when suddenly the eerie howl of a dingo rang out[.]

2. (Australia, informal) A cowardly or otherwise despicable person.

上位語

• dog

派生語

派生した語

• ⇒ Translingual: Dingosa

動詞

dingo (third-person singular simple present dingoes, present participle dingoing, simple past and past participle dingoed)

1. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To behave in a cowardly or treacherous manner. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
2. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To renege on an agreement or situation. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
3. (Australia, informal, transitive, intransitive) To let down another individual. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

参照

R. M. W. Dixon, Australian Aboriginal Words in English, Oxford University Press, 1990, →ISBN, pages 65 and 226.

アナグラム

• Gondi, doing, doïng, Godin, digon, ODing, Diong, OD'ing