gurgle

• n.キャッキャッ、ゴロゴロ言う
• vi. ガッガッガッ；キャッキャッ
• vt.キャッキャウフフする

水の流れる音を模したオノマトペ。gargle、gorgeと比較する。

gurgle

gurgle: see gargoyle

gurgle (v.)

early 15c., medical term for "gurgling heard in the abdomen," a native, echoic formation, or ultimately from Latin gurguliare, perhaps via Dutch, German gurgeln. Extended (non-anatomical) use, in reference to water over stones, etc., is first recorded 1713. "This phenomenon of long specialized use before becoming a part of the general vocabulary is often found in English" [Barnhart]. Related: Gurgled; gurgling.

gurgle (n.)

early 15c., from gurgle (v.).

1. We could hear the swish and gurgle of water against the hull.

船体に水が当たったときのガチャガチャという音が聞こえます。

2.The water went down the plughole with a loud gurgle .

水が高らかなゴクゴクと音を立てて排水穴を流した。

3.The water emptied with a gurgle .

水がぴかぴかと流れてしまった.

4.He gave a low gurgle of laughter.

彼は低いゲラゲラと笑った。

5.The fountain flows with a merry gurgle .

湧き水