snore: [14] Like snort [14] (which originally meant ‘snore’), snore goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Germanic base *snor-, imitative of the sound it represents. From the same source came German schnarchen ‘snore’, which produced the German dialect noun schnorchel ‘snout’. The mainstream language adopted it as a term for a ‘breathing tube’, and English borrowed it as snorkel [20]. => snorkel, snort
snore (v.)
mid-15c., probably related to snort (v.) and both probably of imitative origin (compare Dutch snorken, Middle High German snarchen, German schnarchen, Swedish snarka; see snout). Related: Snored; snoring.
snore (n.)
mid-14c., "a snort;" c. 1600, "act of snoring," of imitative origin; see snore (v.).
例文
1. Uncle Arthur，after a loud snore ，woke suddenly.
アーサーおじさんはいびきをかいた後、突然目を覚ました。
2.His loud snore kept me awake.
彼のいびきは私が眠れないほど大きい。
3.To sleep on my own and not hear the boys snore or grnt was pure bliss.
自分一人で寝て、男の子たちのいびきやつぶやきを聞かなくていいのは幸せです。
4.As the night deepened，Huck began to nod，and presently to snore .
夜が更けてハークは居眠りをし、やがていびきをかく。
5.A measured,muffled snore issued from Aunt Polly 's chamber.