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語源

From 中期英語 glove, glofe, from 古期英語 glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to 中期英語 lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

発音

• enPR: glŭv, IPA: /ɡlʌv/
• (Northern England) IPA: /ɡlʊv/
• 韻: -ʌv

名詞

glove (plural gloves)

1. (clothing) An item of clothing, covering all or part of the hand and fingers, but usually allowing independent movement of the fingers.

   I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

   The boxing champ laced on his gloves before the big bout.

2. A baseball mitt.
3. (baseball, figuratively) The ability to catch a hit ball.

   Frederico had a great glove, but he couldn't hit a curveball, so he never broke into the pros.

4. (slang) A condom.
5. (with definite article) A challenge from one to another.

   to throw down the glove, i.e. to offer a challenge; to take up the glove, to accept it

同意語

• gauntlet
• handglove (India)
• handshoe (nonstandard)

派生した語

• → Māori: karapu

動詞

glove (third-person singular simple present gloves, present participle gloving, simple past and past participle gloved)

1. (baseball, transitive) To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.

   He gloved the line drive for the third out.

2. (transitive) To put a glove or gloves on.

   Maxwell gloved his hand so that he wouldn't leave fingerprints, then pulled the trigger.

   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN:

     After the maids had hatted and gloved the girls, the carriage was summoned and I was carted around one church after another.

3. (cricket) To touch (a delivery) with one's glove while the gloved hand is on the bat. Under the rules of cricket, the batsman is deemed to have hit the ball.

派生語

参考

• cot
• gauntlet
• handshoe
• mitt
• mitten

アナグラム

• Vogel, vogle, volge

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 *glōfa (variant of glōf), from Proto-West Germanic *glōfō, from Proto-Germanic *galōfô; equivalent to y- +‎ love (“palm”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈɡloːv(ə)/

名詞

glove (plural gloves or gloven)

1. A glove or gauntlet (hand covering)
2. A glove as a token of feudal allegiance.
3. A glove or gauntlet in various symbolic uses:
   1. Signifying assent, agreement, or the marital compact.
   2. Signifying entry into combat.
   3. Signifying worthlessness or unimportance.

派生語

• gloven
• glovere

派生した語

• English: glove
  • → Zulu: igilavu
• Scots: gluive, gluve

参照

• “glọ̄ve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.