shoo
意味
- シイ!,シッ!(鳥や動物を追い払う声)
- 〈鳥や動物〉をシーッと追い払う《+名+away(off),+away(off)+名》
- シイ(シーッ)と言う[擬声語]
例文
He shooed the flies away.
彼はハエを追い払った。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).
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