gull

• n. [鳥]カモメ; 愚かな人; 騙されやすい人
• vt.だます; 詐取する
• n.(ガル)人名；（イタリア語、ローマ語、スウェーデン語）ガル；（英語）ガル

ケルト語から。

gull

gull: [15] Gull is a Celtic contribution to English. It was probably borrowed from Welsh gwylan, which together with Cornish guilan, Breton gwelan, and Old Irish foilenn, goes back to a prehistoric Old Celtic *voilenno-. (The Old English word for ‘gull’ was m?w, as in modern English sea mew.)

gull (n.1)

shore bird, early 15c. (in a cook book), probably from Brythonic Celtic; compare Welsh gwylan "gull," Cornish guilan, Breton goelann; all from Old Celtic *voilenno-. Replaced Old English m?w (see mew (n.1)).

gull (n.2)

cant term for "dupe, sucker, credulous person," 1590s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from verb meaning "to dupe, cheat" (see gull (v.)). Or it is perhaps from (or influenced by) the bird name (see gull (n.1)); in either case with a sense of "someone who will swallow anything thrown at him." Another possibility is Middle English gull, goll "newly hatched bird" (late 14c.), which is perhaps from Old Norse golr "yellow," from the hue of its down.

gull (v.)

"to dupe, cheat, mislead by deception," 1540s, earlier "to swallow" (1520s), ultimately from gull "throat, gullet" (early 15c.); see gullet. Related: Gulled; gulling.

1. Several other sub-species of gull are found in the region.

この地域ではカモメの他の亜種も発見されている。

2.The gull held the fish in its beak.

カモメは魚を口にくわえている。

3.A lone sea gull flew across the sky.

孤独なカモメが空を飛んでいる。

4.The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills.

アイボリーカモメはホッキョクグマの後ろについて食べ残したアザラシの死体をよく食べる。

5.You are not supposed to gull your friends.

あなたは友達を騙すべきではありません。