canoeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: kə-no͞o', IPA: /kəˈnuː/
• 韻: -uː

名詞

canoe (plural canoes)

1. (nautical) A small long and narrow boat, propelled by one or more people (depending on the size of canoe), using single-bladed paddles. The paddlers face in the direction of travel, in either a seated position, or kneeling on the bottom of the boat. Canoes are open on top, and pointed at both ends.
   • 1886 January, The Antiquary: A Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past, volume XIII, number 73, page 135:

     The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation.

   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend; […]

   • 1939, Folke Bergman, “Ancient Remains Along "The Small River"”, in Archaeological Researches in Sinkiang Especially the Lop-Nor Region‎, number 7, Stockholm: Bokförlags Aktiebolaget Thule, →OCLC, page 51:

     His program also included a survey of the new course of the lower Tarim river in Eastern Turkistan and its terminal lake Lop-nor. This part of the expedition started in April 1934, from Könche or Yü-li-hsien, a small village about 45 km. SSE of Korla, whence Dr. Hedin followed the river Könche-darya and its continuation Qum-darya, travelling in native canoes.

2. (slang) An oversize, usually older, luxury car.
3. (gambling) Any of the deflectors positioned around a roulette wheel, shaped like upside-down boats.

派生した語

• → German: Kanu
• → Irish: canú

動詞

canoe (third-person singular simple present canoes, present participle canoeing, simple past and past participle canoed)

1. To ride or paddle a canoe.
   • 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 40:

     Car drivers were helicoptered to safety from nearby roads. There were photographs of people canoeing down streets.

派生語

参考

• kayak

Further reading

canoe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Ocean, acone, ocean