Boxerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

box +‎ -er

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒksə/
• (米国発音) enPR: bäksʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːksɚ/
• 韻: -ɒksə(r)

名詞

boxer (複数形 boxers)

1. A participant (fighter) in a boxing match.

   You can tell she's a boxer by looking at her nose.

2. A breed of stocky, medium-sized, short-haired dog with a square-jawed muzzle.
3. A type of internal combustion engine in which cylinders are arranged in two banks on either side of a single crankshaft.
4. The person running a game of two-up.
5. One who packs boxes.
   • 1917, Vocational Education Survey of Minneapolis, Minn (page 385)

     They look over the boxes that have been packed, pass judgment upon defects detected by the boxers, and O. K. the boxes […]

6. A letterboxer.

同意語

• (participant in a boxing match): pugilist
• (type of engine): boxer engine

派生語

• boxer shorts, boxers
• kick-boxer, kickboxer

関連する語

• box
• boxing

参考

• wrestler
• Boxer on Wikipedia.
• Boxer (dog) on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• rebox