dob
密告する
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
豪州・NZで主に使われるくだけた語で、典型表現 dob someone in は「人を先生・警察などに告げ口する」です。名詞として扱う場合は、そのような密告・告げ口の一件を指します。語源は確定していないので音から作らず、dob in、dobber「密告者」と実際の語群で覚えます。
Remember dob through its strongly regional setting: it is chiefly informal Australian and New Zealand English. The key expression is dob someone in, meaning to report that person’s wrongdoing to a teacher, employer, police officer, or another authority. When treated as a noun, dob refers to such an act of informing. Picture one pupil telling a teacher that another pupil broke a rule. Since the origin is uncertain, avoid inventing a sound-based story. Instead, build a reliable word group around dob in and dobber, an informal word for a person who informs on others.
dob の類義語・関連語
dob の語源・成り立ち Etymology
豪州・NZ 英語の dob「密告する」は語源未詳ですが、中英語 dobben に結びつける説があります。『人を当局の前に放り出す』ようなイメージで捉えると、『告げ口する・密告する』の意味の伸びが納得しやすい語です。関連語は dob in, dobber。
The origin of Australian and New Zealand dob in the sense of informing on someone is uncertain. It has sometimes been connected with Middle English dobben, but that relationship is not securely established, so a precise historical derivation should be treated cautiously. In modern regional usage, the word is best understood through the established phrase dob someone in and the related noun dobber, referring to an informer or telltale.
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