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• skorpion (archaic)

語源

From 中期英語 scorpioun, skorpioun, schorpion, schorpiun, partly from 古期英語 sċorpio and partly from Anglo-Norman scorpïun, Old French scorpïon, escorpïon; all from Latin scorpiō, ultimately from Ancient Greek σκορπίος (skorpíos). The cheerleading move is so called because of the resemblance of the raised foot to a scorpion's stinger. Displaced native 古期英語 þrōwend (“scorpion”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈskɔː.pi.ən/, /-pɪ.ən/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈskɔɹ.pi.ən/, /'skwɚ-/

名詞

scorpion (plural scorpions)

1. Any of the order Scorpiones of arachnids related to spiders, characterised by two large front pincers and a curved tail with a venomous sting at the end.

   Hypernyms: arachnid < arthropod < bug (broad sense) < invertebrate < animal < creature, critter

   Coordinate terms: (other arachnids) spider, tick, mite; (other arthropods) insect

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 8:15:

     Who led thee through that great and terrible wildernesse, wherein were fierie serpents, and scorpions, & drought, where there was no water, who brought thee foorth water out of the rocke of flint,

2. (historical) An ancient military engine for hurling stones and other missiles.
3. (figurative) A very spiteful or vindictive person.
4. A cheerleading move in which one foot is pulled back and held up with both hands while the performer stands on the other foot.
5. (obsolete, biblical) A whip with points like a scorpion's tail.

   Coordinate term: scourge

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 12:11:

     And now whereas my father did lade you with a heauy yoke, I wil adde to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whippes, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

派生語

参考

• arachnid
• Scorpio

Further reading

• scorpion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “scorpion”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “scorpion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.