rip-off
英 美 ['rɪpɔf]
英語の語源
- rip-off (n.)
- "an act of fraud, a swindle," 1969, from verbal phrase rip off "to steal or rob" (c. 1967) in U.S. black slang, from rip (v.) + off (adv.). Rip was prison slang for "to steal" since 1904, and was also used in this sense in 12c. Meaning "an exploitative imitation, a plagiarism" is from 1971. Related: Ripped-off.
例文
- 1. Underneath this image of normalcy，addiction threatened to rip this family apart.
- このすべての正常な表象の下に潜んでいるのは、この家族を四分五裂させる中毒だ。
- 2."Yaaaaaa,"Carla let rip with the cry of the Valkyries.
- 「キャーーー」カララは喉を離し、ヴァルキリーのような叫び声を上げた。I felt the banner rip as we were pushed in opposite directions.
- 私たちが反対の方向に押されたとき、バナーが引き裂かれたような気がします。
- 4.If we wrote I think he would rip up the letter.
- 私たちが手紙を書くと、彼は手紙を粉々に引き裂いてしまうと思います。
- 5.Next day，Miss Stone decided to sew up the rip .
- 翌日、ストーンさんは破れたところを縫うことにした。
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