blunder
英検準1級大失敗・へま
意味
- 大失敗,大しくじり
- 《副詞[句]を伴って》まごまごして歩く,まごつく
- 大失敗をする,へまをする
- …をやりそこなう
- …をうっかり言う《+out+名,+名+out》
例文
What was she doing when she made that blunder?
その大失敗をやったとき彼女は何をしていたのか。
I am not responsible to you for my blunder.
僕の大失敗について君に弁明する義務はない。
The boss called him out for his blunders.
ボスはへまをした彼をひどく叱った。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.