英和和英

発音

• IPA: /wɛlt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -ɛltʃ

名詞

welch (plural welches)

1. A person who defaults on an obligation, especially a small one.

   Synonym: welcher

   Hypernym: infringer

   Coordinate terms: moocher, pincher

   She's a welch. That watering-can isn't hers: I lent it to her three years ago.

動詞

welch (third-person singular simple present welches, present participle welching, simple past and past participle welched)

1. To fail to repay a small debt.

   Coordinate terms: mooch, pinch

   Hypernyms: impinge, infringe

2. To fail to fulfill an obligation.
   • 1992, Bo Goldman, Scent of a Woman (film)

     I welched. I'm a welcher. Didn't I tell you?

   • 1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)

     MICHAEL: Clemenza promised Rosato three territories in the Bronx after he died, and then you took over and welched.

派生語

• welcher