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• fog horn

語源

From fog +‎ horn.

発音

名詞

foghorn (plural foghorns)

1. A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.
2. A strong gossiper.

派生語

• voice like a foghorn

動詞

foghorn (third-person singular simple present foghorns, present participle foghorning, simple past and past participle foghorned)

1. To sound a foghorn
   • 2013, Tim Moore, Frost on my Moustache: The Arctic Exploits of a Lord and a a Loafer:

     With the gold evening sun burnishing our strings of signal bunting we foghorned our way up the confidently prosperous quayside of Haugesund

2. To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice
   • 1924, Frank Watts, Abnormal Psychology and Education:

     the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed