AWWとは 意味・読み方・使い方

間投詞

aww (with as many extra 'w's as needed for emphasis)

1. Elongated form of aw.

   Aww, that's so sad: he hasn't yet learned to ride a bike.

   Aww, look at the kitten curled up in her lap!

   • 1973, Alice Childress, Wedding Band: A Love-Hate Story in Black and White, Samuel French, →ISBN, page 15:

     THE BELL MAN. (Sits on the bed and bounches up and down.) Awwww, Great Gawd-a-mighty!

   • 2014, Meda White, Christmas Give: A Holiday Novella, Meda White, →ISBN:

     &quotSanta Paws is always willing to hear Christmas wishes." He winked at Eva as Savannah buried her head under Eva's arm. "Aww, don't be afraid, sweetie. He won't bite." "Unless you're a cookie." […]

   • 2015 December 23, Adrienne LaFrance, “Santa's Reindeer Are Robots Now”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 4 April 2021:

     And like so many robots, they’re an incongruent mashup of terrifying and cute. Aww, look at those guys. Also, runnnnn!

   • 2016, Gail Chianese, Fiancé for Keeps, Lyrical Press, →ISBN:

     She slid the goody out into her hand and gave a little aww. He'd baked her a dark chocolate cookie with a white heart swirled on the top. “You are so sweet. I'm going to save this for later, when I need a little pick-me-up, ...

   • 2018, Anna Kendrick, quoted in Chris Azzopardi, "Anna Kendrick, Fresh with a Twist", Hotspots!, 6 September 2018, page 39:

     OK, I've actually only tried to ever read one. It was so sweet and puppy-lovey that I was like, "Aww, I wanted to read some sauciness!"

派生語

• aww yeah

動詞

aww (third-person singular simple present awws, present participle awwing, simple past and past participle awwed)

1. To make an aww sound.

アナグラム

• WAW, waw