英和和英

語源

From ear +‎ plug.

名詞

earplug (plural earplugs)

1. A piece of protective gear meant to be inserted in the ear canal to protect the wearer's hearing from loud noises or the intrusion of water.

動詞

earplug (third-person singular simple present earplugs, present participle earplugging, simple past and past participle earplugged)

1. (transitive) To fit with earplugs.
   • 1975, International Society for Developmental Psychobiology, Developmental Psychobiology, Volume 8:

     In this same strain of mouse, earplugging from 17-22 days postpartum is effective in inducing susceptibility to audiogenic seizures...

   • 1992, Robin Cody, Ricochet river:

     There wasn't much I could tell him, earplugged, but I crawled into turbine number 3 and waved him on in.

参考

• earmuffs

アナグラム

• graupel, pergula, plaguer