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発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːdəʊ/, /ˈkjuːdəʊ/
• 韻: -uːdəʊ

名詞

kudo (複数形 kudos)

1. (nonstandard, proscribed) A compliment or praise.
   • 1929 February 18, Harkness Lampooned, Time‎^[1]:

     Tycoon George Fisher Baker built Harvard's Business School in 1924, was given a kudo Ph.D.

   • 2001, Terry T. Lankford et al., Controlling Pilot Error: Controlled Flight Into Terrain‎^[2], →ISBN, page 49:

     At this point we need to give this pilot a kudo.

   • 2004, Suzanne Paola, Tell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction‎^[3], →ISBN, page 162:

     We still feel a kudo for one of us is a kudo for the group, as we have nurtured, edited, and prodded each other for much of our writing careers.

動詞

kudo (三人称単数 現在形 kudos, 現在分詞 kudoing, 過去形および過去分詞形 kudoed)

1. (transitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To give a compliment or praise to.
   • 1962, Box Office (volume 80, page 6)

     The magazines kudoed the spectacular African wild animal adventure film as being "an outstanding motion picture as voted by the editors."

   • 2001, Richard L. Hemenez, The United States Marine Corps in Books and the Performing Arts (page 450)

     This is more or less a stock service picture entry, kudoing the Coast Guard and the role it played in World War II beach operations.