gaffe

• n. 障害; 欠点
• n.(Gaffe)人名;(仏)ギャフ.

hookの原義、gaffと同じ。 不作法という意味の語源は不明だが、おそらくオノマトペ、アヒルの鳴き声、ぎこちない話し方からきていると思われる。

gaffe (n.)

"blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Proven?al gafar "to seize," probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gaf-, which is perhaps from PIE *kap- "to grasp, catch" (see capable). Sense connection between the hook and the blunder is obscure; the gaff was used to land big fish. Or the Modern English word might derive from British slang verb gaff "to cheat, trick" (1893); or gaff "criticism" (1896), from Scottish dialect sense of "loud, rude talk" (see gaff (n.2)).

1. I had no idea of the gaffe which I was committing.

私は私がどんな間違いを犯したのかよく分かりません.

2.He didn 't realize what a gaffe he 'd made.

彼は自分が恥をさらしていることに気づいていない。

3.Wuduo stuck out her tongue in dismay at her gaffe .

5本以上の舌を伸ばして、口が風に関係なく間違ったことを言っていることを示している。dd>
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4.He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.

彼は先週末の会議で大恥をかいて、狼狽した。

5.He would have to make amends for his monumental gaffe of earlier today.

彼は今朝の極端に失礼な行為を救済しなければならない。