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muzzle

/mˈʌzəl/ やや難 頻度 11118位

意味

  1. (動物の)鼻口部,鼻づら(鼻・口・あごの部分を含む)
  2. (動物の鼻づらにはめる)口輪,口かせ
  3. 銃口
  4. 〈動物〉に口輪をはめる
  5. 〈人〉の意見を言わせない,を黙らせる

例文

語源

英語の原文(Wiktionary)

From earlier muzle, musle, mousle, mussel, mozell, from Middle English mosel, from Old French musel, museau, muzeau (modern French museau), from Late Latin mūsus (“snout”), probably expressive of the shape of protruded lips and/or influenced by Latin mūgīre (“to moo, bellow”). Doublet of museau. Displaced native Middle English kevel from Old English cæfl (“gag, bit, muzzle”), see English cavel.

出典: Wiktionary「muzzle」(CC BY-SA 4.0)

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