arvoとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Clipping of afternoon +‎ -o (“diminutive suffix”).

発音

• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈɐː.vəʉ/
• (British) IPA: /ˈɑː(ɹ).vəʊ/
• 韻: -ɑːvəʊ

名詞

arvo (plural arvos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Afternoon.
   • 1960, John Gunn, The Humpy in the Hills, page 46:

     “Rope and tomahawk,” explained Col. “We put them here this arvo when I came down and whistled first time.”

   • 2000, Mark Johnston, Fighting the Enemy: Australian Soldiers and their Adversaries in World War II, page 33:

     The usual reaction of a footsoldier observing such incidents is well summed up by the comments of Private Derrick in the Salient at Tobruk: ‘Seen a human side of the war yesterday arvo Red Cross partys [sic] burying dead & treating wounded one of our partys were fired on by enemy & I will always remember it’.

   • 2010, Chris Bray, The 1000 Hour Day: Two Adventurers Take on the World's Harshest Island, unnumbered page:

     ‘We'll fly you out at seven this arvo—but bring them down a little early, just in case we need to think of something else.’

   • 2010, Rebecca Iannone, The Invisible String: The Secrets That Bind, page 55:

     “Yeah, he only works on a Saturday arvo,” Kelly told her. “I think the place is packed on that day, because girls come from everywhere just to get a glimpse of him. He's hot as.”

同意語

• See Thesaurus:afternoon

派生語

• 'sarvo, sarvo

アナグラム

• VARO, Vora, Vörå