thud
意味
- ドサッ(ドシン)[という音]
- ドサッ(ドシン)と響く
例文
I put the shopping bag on the table with a thud.
買い物袋をどすんとテーブルの上に置いた。
I thought that I heard a thud.
ドスンと音がした気がした。
The door closed with a thud.
ドアが閉まってコツンと音がした。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English thudden (“to strike with a weapon”), from Old English þyddan (“to strike, press, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þuddijaną, *þiudijaną (“to strike, thrust”), from Proto-Germanic *þūhaną, *þeuhaną (“to press”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūk- (“to beat”). Cognate with Old English þoddettan (“to strike, push, batter”), Old English þȳdan (“to strike, stab, thrust, press”), Old English þēowan (“to press”), Albanian thundër (“a hoof, talon, a shaft", figuratively, "oppression, torment”).