dogfighting
闘犬
解説 Definition
犬同士を闘技目的で戦わせる行為。違法な動物虐待で、動物への深刻な苦痛を引き起こします。
This refers to the activity of making dogs fight each other for entertainment or money. It is illegal in many places and is widely seen as cruel animal abuse. The word is usually used in news, law, or animal welfare contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
dog と fighting をそのまま組み合わせて覚えると定着しやすい語です。fighting は「戦い」だけでなく「戦わせる行為」という場面でも見えるので、dogfighting は「犬を闘わせること」と自然に取れます。似た形の dogfight は空中戦・激しい争いにも広がりますが、-ing 付きの dogfighting は違法な興行や虐待行為そのものを指しやすい点に注意。animal cruelty, illegal dogfighting ring, ban dogfighting のような強い文脈と一緒に覚えるとぶれません。
This word is very literal: `dog` + `fighting`. The key memory point is that it usually means organized cruelty, not just two dogs fighting by chance. It often appears in news phrases like `illegal dogfighting ring` or `dogfighting charges`.
例文
Dogfighting is illegal and constitutes animal cruelty.
闘犬は違法であり、動物虐待です。
The authorities cracked down on dogfighting operations.
当局は違法な闘犬業者を摘発しました。
Dogfighting causes severe suffering to the animals involved.
闘犬は関わる動物に深刻な苦しみを引き起こします。
dogfighting の類義語・関連語
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dogfighting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dogfightingはdog「犬」＋fighting「戦うこと」の複合語で、中英語のdogg feghttyngにさかのぼる直截な語です。dogは古英語docga、fightは古英語feohtanに由来し、文字どおり「犬どうしを戦わせること」から闘犬を表します。関連語はdogfight, fighter。
`Dogfighting` is a plain compound of `dog` and `fighting`. `Dog` comes from Old English `docga`, and `fight` comes from Old English `feohtan`. The idea was originally the literal act of dogs fighting, and the form later became fixed as one word; related words include `dogfight` and `fighter`.
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