Question of the Day #48

"What's your opinion of Melania Trump?"

"Well, she strikes me as a gold digger."

上記の会話で、gold diggerの意味は？
In the dialogue above, what does "gold digger" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によるとgold diggerは、


1. 金鉱を掘る人、金採掘者
2. 〈話〉オリンピックで金メダル獲得の可能性が高い選手
3. 〈話〉金品を目当てに異性を誘惑する人

と三つの意味があるが、上記の会話では、３番目である。

Answer

According to Oxford Dictionaries:

A woman who forms relationships with men purely to obtain money or gifts from them

Etymology/語源

Dictionary.comによると、

gold-diggerとも書く。「金品を目当てに異性を誘惑する人」の意味として使われるようになったのは1915年。

According to Dictionary.com:

also gold-digger, "woman who pursues men for their money," first recorded 1915.

Examples

• "That golddigging tramp was never in love with him; she was in love with his money."
• My friend Jessica is a total gold digger. She's sleeping with this middle aged executive and he buys he pays all her bills. from a song by Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx.
• Man, you need to break up with her. She's a gold digger.
• Hugh Hephner's girlfriends are gold-diggers.