scream
英 [skriːm]
美 [skrim]
- vi.悲鳴を上げる；泣き叫ぶ；悲鳴のような、突き刺すような音を出す；警鐘を鳴らす。
- vt. 声を荒げて叫ぶ；大声で叫ぶ、要求する。
- n. 金切り声；鋭く突き刺すような音；極端におかしな人
英語の語源
- scream (v.)
- late 12c., scr?men, of uncertain origin, similar to words in Scandinavian, Dutch, German, and Flemish (such as Old Norse skr?ma "to terrify, scare," Swedish scrana "to scream," Dutch schreijen "cry aloud, shriek," Old High German scrian, German schreien "to cry"). Related: Screamed; screaming. Screaming meemies is World War I army slang, originally a soldiers' name for a type of German artillery shell that made a loud noise in flight (from French woman's name Mimi), extended to the battle fatigue caused by long exposure to enemy fire.
- scream (n.)
- mid-15c., from scream (v.).
And (as they say) lamentings heard i' th' Ayre; Strange Schreemes of Death. ["Macbeth," II.iii.61]
Shakespeare's spelling probably reflects "sk-" as spelled in words from Latin (such as school); he also has schreene for screen. Slang meaning "something that evokes a cry of laughter" is 1888; screamer in this sense is from 1831.
例文
- 1. There was a scream of brakes from the carriageway outside.
- 外の車線から耳障りなブレーキ音が聞こえてきた。
- 2.His mouth was a little open，asif he 'd started to scream .
- 彼の口はかすかに開いていて、悲鳴を上げ始めようとしているようだ。
- 3.Lou pratled on about various trivialities till I wanted to scream .
- ルーはいろいろなごまのことについてくどくど言っていたが、後になって悲鳴をあげたくなった。
- 4.She wanted to scream ，but her vocal cords seemed paralysed.
- 彼女は叫びたいが、彼女の声帯は言うことを聞かなくなったようだ。
- 5.Its headlines were suitably downbeat and don 't scream out.
- そのタイトルは驚くことではなく淡々としていて、非常に適切です。
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