bayonetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French baïonnette, named after the French town of Bayonne, where the plug bayonet was invented.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈbeɪənɪt/, /ˈbeɪənɛt/, /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/
• (General American) enPR: bā'ə-nĕtʹ, bāʹə-nĭt, bāʹə-nĕt', IPA: /ˌbeɪəˈnɛt/, /ˈbeɪənɪ̈t/, /ˈbeɪəˌnɛt/
• (dialectal, obsolete) IPA: /ˈbæɡənɛt/, /ˈbæɡənət/ (see baggonet)
• 韻: -ɛt, -eɪənɪt, -eɪənət

名詞

bayonet (plural bayonets)

1. (military) A blade mounted to the end of a long gun, originally with a handle inserted into the bore, now usually attached underbarrel.
   • 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page xvi:

     Fig. 3. Its bayonet, to be fixed by sticking the handle into the muzzle of the musquet.

   • 1997, Haruki Murakami, translated by Jay Rubin, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.; republished New York: Vintage Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 515:

     “Well, the proper way to kill a man with a bayonet is this: First you thrust it in under the ribs—here.”

2. (engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.

派生語

参考

• knife
• spear
• sword

動詞

bayonet (third-person singular simple present bayonets, present participle bayoneting or bayonetting, simple past and past participle bayoneted or bayonetted)

1. (transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
2. (transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
   • 1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC:

     to bayonet us into a submission

使用する際の注意点

The spelling bayoneting and bayoneted are preferred in the US, while bayonetting and bayonetted are preferred in the UK.

参照

アナグラム

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