womanizer
女たらし
解説 Definition
多くの女性と浮気や恋愛関係を持つ男性。女性を誘惑することに快感を覚える傾向がある。
A womanizer is a man who has many romantic or sexual relationships with women and is usually not serious or faithful. The word is commonly used in a negative or critical way. It suggests a pattern of playing with people's feelings rather than building real commitment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
woman + -ize + -er と見て、まずは「女性に対してそういう行動をする人」という形で覚える。動詞 womanize は「次々女性に手を出す」、-er が付くとその常習者。単なる love women のような中立的な「女性好き」ではなく、playboy に近い軽薄さ・不誠実さがにじむのがポイント。a notorious womanizer, He has a reputation as a womanizer. のように、悪評や reputation と結びつけて覚えると意味がぶれにくい。
See the pattern `womanize` plus `-er`: the verb is the behavior, and `-er` is the person who does it. That makes `womanizer` easy to connect with someone known for chasing many women. Remember common phrases like `a notorious womanizer` or `a reputation as a womanizer` because the word often carries a negative feeling.
例文
He has a reputation as a womanizer in the office.
彼はオフィスで女たらしとして知られている。
The womanizer was caught by his girlfriend.
その女たらしは彼女に見つかった。
His womanizing behavior caused problems in his marriage.
彼の女たらしの行動は結婚生活に問題を引き起こした。
womanizer の類義語・関連語
womanizer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
womanizer は woman + -ize + -er で、woman は古英語 wimman にさかのぼり、-ize は「…化する」の語尾です。womanly や womanhood と同じ土台を持ち、文字どおり『女性を追い回すのを常とする人』が「女たらし」になりました。
"Womanizer" is built from "woman" plus the endings "-ize" and "-er." "Woman" comes from Old English "wimman," and the pattern suggests someone who habitually directs attention toward women. Over time, the word came to mean a man known for constantly chasing women. Related words include "womanly" and "womanhood."
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