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語源

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/
• Homophone: Wottergate

固有名詞

Watergate

1. An American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

派生語

• -gate
• Watergate salad

動詞

Watergate (third-person singular simple present Watergates, present participle Watergating, simple past and past participle Watergated)

1. (transitive) To treat in a manner reminiscent of the Watergate scandal.
2. (intransitive, somewhat rare) To engage in activities associated with the Watergate scandal.

別の表記

• watergate

参照

• “Watergate, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, December 2021.

名詞

water gate (plural water gates)

1. A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated.
2. Alternative form of watergate (“gate opening onto water, or only or mainly accessible by water”).
3. (slang, obsolete) A vulva or vagina.

参考

参照

• “water gate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.