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gorge

/ɡɔrdʒ/ やや難 頻度 12887位

意味

  1. 谷間,峡谷
  2. 通路をふさぐ物
  3. (胃の中の)食物
  4. 《古》のど,食道
  5. (…を)〈自分[の腹]〉に詰め込む《+on(with)+名》
  6. …をがつがつ食べる(飲みこむ)
  7. (…を)がつがつ食べる《+on+名》

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English word is cognate with Galician gorxa (“throat”), Italian gorga, gorgia (“gorge, ravine; (obsolete) throat”), Occitan gorga, gorja, Portuguese gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”), Spanish gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”). Doublet of gour and gurges.

出典: Wiktionary「gorge」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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