ドンという音
解説 Definition
物が激しくぶつかったときの「ドン」「バン」という突然の大きな音。また、そのような強い衝撃。
A sudden, loud sound made by a forceful impact or collision. As a noun, it often describes the noise of something striking or crashing into something else with great force.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
重い物が勢いよくぶつかる「ドン、バン」という衝撃音を表す名詞。典型的には with a wham「ドンという音を立てて」や hear a wham「衝突音を聞く」で使う。whack は「強く打つこと」、bang はより一般的な爆発音・衝撃音で、wham は突然で強烈な一撃の感覚が中心。
Connect wham with the sudden, heavy impact heard when a door slams or two objects collide. As a noun, it commonly appears in phrases such as with a wham or hear a wham. Bang is a broader word for a loud explosive or striking noise, while whack can name either a hard blow or its sound. Wham strongly suggests that the impact is abrupt and forceful, much like the dramatic sound effects printed in action comics.
例文
The door slammed shut with a wham.
ドアはドンという音を立てて勢いよく閉まった。
We heard a loud wham from the garage.
私たちは車庫から大きなドンという音を聞いた。
wham の類義語・関連語
類義語
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wham の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語の擬音語（オノマトペア）で、物が激しくぶつかる音を模した表現。16世紀頃から使われ、whack（叩く）やwhap（ピシャリ）と同系統の音象徴語。「wh-」で始まる衝撃音の語群に属し、音がそのまま意味になった直感的な単語。
Wham is an imitative English word whose sound suggests a heavy, sudden blow or collision. It belongs to a group of expressive impact words that includes whack and whap. Its form is therefore closely connected to the noise it represents rather than to a combination of ordinary roots or affixes. English has used it for both the impact itself and the resulting sound since the early modern period.
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