harpoon

• vt.銛で突く；銛で獲る
• n. 銛

ラテン語のharpa, hookから、語源はPIE*serp, bend, turn, crookで、語源的にはserpentと同じ。派生語源はharpoon。

harpoon (v.)

1747, from harpoon (n.). Related: Harpooned; harpooning. Agent-noun form harpooner is from 1726; harpooneer from 1610s.

harpoon (n.)

1610s, from French harpon, from Old French harpon "cramp iron, clamp, clasp" (described as a mason's tool for fastening stones together), from harper "to grapple, grasp," which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly of Germanic origin; or the French word might be from Latin harpa "hook" (related to harpagonem "grappling hook"), from Greek harpe "sickle," from PIE root *serp- (1) "sickle, hook." Earlier word for it was harping-iron (mid-15c.). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch (compare Middle Dutch harpoen) or Basque, the language of the first European whaling peoples, who often accompanied English sailors on their early expeditions. Also see -oon.

1. The harpoon drove deep into the body of the whale.

漁叉がクジラの体内に深く刺さった。

2.A relatively small part of the package are 10 Harpoon antiship missiles made by Boeing.

販売兵器のうち比較的小さな部分は10個の「フォーク」（ Harpoon ）対艦ミサイルで、ボーイング社が生産している。

3.They tried to get the harpoon into the ray before the sting tail came lashing over to retaliate.

彼らは魚の尾を突いて報復しようとした。

4.When I pushed on the harpoon shaft the second time.

それは私が2回目にフォークの柄を握って突き刺した時だった。dd>

-老人と海

5.The fisherman transfixed the shark with a harpoon .

漁師はフォークでサメを刺した。