straponとは 意味・読み方・使い方

アナグラム

• patrons, tarpons

動詞

strap on (三人称単数 現在形 straps on, 現在分詞 strapping on, 過去形および過去分詞形 strapped on)

1. (intransitive) To don a strap-on.
   • 2007, Endy, In My Hood 2‎^[1], page 164:

     Although she strapped on and was the aggressor when she was with a woman, she was definitely the woman when she had sex with men.

アナグラム

• Partons, partons, patrons, protans, tarpons

語源

From strap (verb) +‎ on.

形容詞

strap-on (not comparable)

1. That can be attached using one or more straps.
2. (astronautics) Of a booster rocket, that is mounted on the outside of a launch vehicle (typically around the first stage) to provide an additional boost at lift-off, ultimately separating after the first few minutes of ascent.

名詞

strap-on (複数形 strap-ons)

1. (astronautics) A strap-on booster.
   • 1987 March, James Schefter, “The Other Shuttles”, in Popular Science, volume 230, number 3, →ISSN, page 76:

     As a standalone booster, according to Pentagon officials, it could be used to put the smaller reusable spaceplane into orbit. But its more innovative use will be as strap-ons for the larger shuttle.

2. (informal) An artificial phallus attached with a strap, usually a dildo.
3. (informal, music) Synonym of keytar (“keyboard supported by a strap around the neck かつ shoulders”).
   • 1988, Helen Casabona, David Frederick, “Alternate Controllers”, in Brent Hurtig, editor, Advanced MIDI Applications: Computers, Time Codes, and Beyond (Keyboard Magazine Library for Electronic Musicians), Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Publishing, →ISBN, page 34–35:

     If you want a portable keyboard, a strap-on could be the answer. Strap-ons have been around since Billy Preston and Edgar Winter used to sling Univox electric pianos around their necks in the pre-MIDI days of the early ’70s.

参考

• strap on a pair

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “strap, v.¹”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• Partons, partons, patrons, protans, tarpons