English Dictionary

chevy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈt͡ʃɛvi/

動詞

他動詞 別表記 異形 自動詞

(transitive) To chase or hunt. / (transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks. / (transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually. / (transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy

日本語の意味

追跡して狩猟する / 小手先の攻撃でいじめる、苛々させる / 徐々に操縦しながら位置を確保する、整える / 「chivvy」の別綴り。急かす、せかす、催促する

The hunters chevy the wounded stag across the ridge until nightfall.

猟師たちは日暮れまで、負傷した牡鹿を尾根伝いに追いかけた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To chase or hunt.

[…] John, before taking his departure, had left the stable door and the front gate open, and that Tartar [a horse], having no halter on, had quietly walked out into the high road, and had been chevied up and down by the boys for the last quarter of an hour.

意味（2）

(transitive) To vex or harass with petty attacks.

St. John remains in the outer room, looks at the clock, […] chivies the tabby cat; counts the flitches of bacon hanging from the rafters; […]

意味（3）

(transitive) To maneuver or secure gradually.

意味（4）

(transitive) Alternative spelling of chivvy

He wos allus willin fur to give me somethink he wos, though Mrs. Sangsby she was allus a chivying on me—like everybody everywheres.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To scurry.

chevies （ present singular third-person ）

chevying （ participle present ）

chevied （ participle past ）

chevied （ past ）