wha-upとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

whaup (plural whaups)

1. (Scotland) The curlew, Numenius arquata.
   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     It looks eerie at bright midday, when the sun is shining and whaups are crying among the seaweeds; but think what it was on that awesome night, with the Powers of Darkness brooding over it like a cloud!

   • 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 368:

     A whaup flapped up with its liquid, rising cry and he found himself wheeling round in a dizziness of blue as he tried to follow its flight.

使用する際の注意点

• Sometimes great whaup is used for the curlew, as opposed to little whaup for the whimbrel.