lick
要点なめる
意味
- (舌で)…をなめる
- 〈炎・波などが〉…をなめる
- 《話》…をぶんなぐる,打つ
- 《話》…を打ち負かす,征服する
- 全速力で進む,急ぐ
- (舌での)一なめ
- (…の)少量《+of+名》
- =salt lick
- 《話》速力(speed)
- 《話》一打ち,一なぐり
例文
The fire spread and licked the neighboring house.
火がめらめらと隣家に燃え移っていった。
The dog licked the plate with its tongue.
犬は舌で皿をすっかりなめた。
For dehydration, take a lick of salt.
脱水症状には、塩をひと舐め。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English likken, from Old English liccian, from Proto-West Germanic *likkōn, from Proto-Germanic *likkōną (“to lick”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵʰ- (“to lick”). Sense evolution towards violence unclear; not paralleled in any other Germanic language. Cognates Cognate with Dutch lekken, likken (“to lick”), German lecken (“to lick”), Vilamovian łaekia, łakia, łȧḱkja (“to lick”), Yiddish לעקן (lekn, “to lick”), French lécher (“to lick”), Friulian lecâ (“to lick”), Italian leccare (“to lick”), Lombard leccà (“to lick”), Norman litchi (“to lick”), Occitan lecar (“to lick”); also Faroese and Icelandic sleikja (“to lick”), Breton leat (“to lick”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic ligh (“to l…