brivetとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: brĭvʹĭt, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɪvɪt/

動詞

brivet (三人称単数 現在形 brivets, 現在分詞 briveting または brivetting, 過去形および過去分詞形 briveted または brivetted)

1. (intransitive, Britain, West Midlands) To wander an area, or look through items, without specific purpose or to satisfy idle curiosity, especially in a furtive and illicit manner.

   Once Melanie had left the house, I entered her bedroom and began to brivet around.

   • 1920, Eric Leadbitter, Shepherd's warning, page 148:

     And all the time she'd be brivetting about on the sly with any good-for-nothing young rascals she could get hold on.