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語源

Probably a variant of spume (“foam”).

動詞

spoom (三人称単数 現在形 spooms, 現在分詞 spooming, 過去形および過去分詞形 spoomed)

1. (nautical) To sail briskly with the wind astern, with or without sails hoisted.
   • 17th century: Samuel Pepys

     We might have spooned before the wind as well as they.

   • 17th century: John Dryden

     When virtue spooms before a prosperous gale, / My heaving wishes help to fill the sail.

名詞

spoom (複数形 spooms)

1. A sorbet containing fruit juice