英単語

werewolfの意味・使い方・発音

werewolf

英 ['weəwʊlf; 'wɪə-; 'wɜː-] 美 ['wɛrwʊlf]
  • n.狼男;獰猛な男;残酷で狡猾な男

語源


狼男。

wer-, man, 語源的にはvirile, wolf, 狼と同じ。夜な夜な狼に変身する伝説上の男を指す。

英語の語源


werewolf
werewolf: [OE] Etymologically, a werewolf is probably a ‘man-wolf’. Its first element, were-, is generally assumed to be the same word as the long obsolete Old English noun wer ‘man’ (a relative of Latin vir ‘man’, from which English gets virile).
=> virile, world
werewolf (n.)
late Old English werewulf "person with the power to turn into a wolf," from wer "man, male person" (see virile) + wulf (see wolf (n.); also see here for a short discussion of the mythology). Belief in them was widespread in the Middle Ages. Similar formation in Middle Dutch weerwolf, Old High German werwolf, Swedish varulf. In the ancient Persian calendar, the eighth month (October-November) was Varkazana-, literally "(Month of the) Wolf-Men."

例文


1. Now,if I 'm a werewolf ,I shouldn 't be able to pick it up,right?
今、もし私が狼男だったら私はそれを持ち上げるのが怖いでしょう。

2.Either you are born a werewolf ,or you aren 't.
あなたが生まれたのが狼人間であるか、あなたは永遠にチャンスがないか。

3.First,a werewolf may approach her chosen tribe alone.

または、狼人が1人で選んだ部族を追跡する。

4.I am a werewolf .I met him on Monster.com!
私は狼人とデートしています。私は怪物ネットで彼と知り合ったのです。

5.It is virtually impossible to reason with a werewolf in this state.
実はこの状態の狼男には理由がない。

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