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発音

• IPA: /l(j)uːk/, /lɪu̯k/
• 韻: -uːk

形容詞

luke (not comparable)

1. lukewarm
   • 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers:

     Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?

   • 1881, Ælfric, trans. Walter W. Skeat, Aelfric’s Lives of Saints, page 249:

     Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill,
     cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself
     in the luke water, and turned from his companions;
     but he died as soon as he touched the water,
     and the warmness was turned into death to him […]

   • 1946, Arthur Kober, That Man is Here Again: The Adventures of a Hollywood Agent, Random House:

     Next thing, I have a confrince with Barry and I tells him, 'Frankly, kid, it don't look any too hot over there at Regal. In fack, very luke.'

   • 1983, C. Darrel Sheraw, Lou Horton, Bill Durbin, The Call Duck Breed Book, page 106:

     Secondly, fresh, preferably luke to warm water must be provided in waterers every day to avoid dehydration, weakening and ‘going light’. […] Warm to luke water is given in waterers as an alternative because all fowl drink more water if it is not excessively cold, […]

   • 2016, Ankur and Vandana Mehrotra, You Can Do It: Find Answers to All Your Questions on How to Become a Successful Entrepreneur Now:

     Same time, if you put the other hand in cold water and then in luke water, you will feel luke warm water is hot.

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• leku, leuk-, Leuk