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語源

From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon.

発音

• (General American) enPR: härpo͞onʹ, IPA: /hɑːɹˈpuːn/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: härpo͞onʹ, IPA: /hɑːˈpuːn/
• 韻: -uːn
• ハイフネーション: har‧poon

名詞

harpoon (plural harpoons)

1. A spearlike weapon with a barbed head used in hunting whales and large fish.
2. A sharp tip within a disposable syringe, used to penetrate the stopper.
3. (slang) A harmonica.
   • 1969, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, “Me and Bobby McGee”:

     I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana.

派生語

動詞

harpoon (third-person singular simple present harpoons, present participle harpooning, simple past and past participle harpooned)

1. (transitive) To shoot something with a harpoon.
   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 176:

     Pilot whales, also known as blackfish, were fairly plentiful, and Mundus would harpoon one or two, haul them out onto the beach, and butcher them.

派生語

• harpooner

参考

• spear