INKとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) enPR: ĭngk, IPA^(key): /ɪŋk/
• (General American, pre-/ŋ/ tensing), IPA^(key): /iŋk/
• Homophone: inc.
• 韻: -ɪŋk

名詞

ink (usually uncountable, 複数形 inks)

1. A pigment (または dye)-based fluid used for writing, printing etc.
   • 1667 May 6 (date written; Gregorian calendar)​, Samuel Pepys; Mynors Bright, transcriber, “April 26th, 1667”, in Henry B[enjamin] Wheatley, editor, The Diary of Samuel Pepys […], volume VI, London: George Bell & Sons […]; Cambridge: Deighton Bell & Co., published 1895, OCLC 1016700617, page 285:

     While I was waiting for him in the Matted Gallery, a young man was most finely working in Indian inke the great picture of the King and Queen sitting [Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France], by Van Dyke [Anthony van Dyck]; and did it very finely.

2. (countable) A particular type, color or container of this fluid.
3. The black or dark-colored fluid ejected by squid, octopus etc, as a protective strategy.
4. (slang, uncountable) Publicity.

   Synonyms: ballyhoo, flak, hoopla, hype, plug, spotlight

   The TSA has been getting a lot of ink lately.

   • 1999, Washington Post (4 June 1999)

     [Judith] Hope [...] has been getting ink by the barrelful with her regular interviews quoting conversations with the first lady, on subjects ranging from Senate ambitions to summer and post-White House living arrangements.

5. (slang, uncountable) Tattoo work.

   Synonym: paint

   • 1998, Richard Dooling, Brain Storm:

     "I saw it hanging on the wall of a tattoo hut where I went to get some ink done ten years ago," he stuttered, flushing in splotches and squirming in his chair.

   • 1998, The Offspring, Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) (song)

     Now he's getting a tattoo.
     Yeah, he's getting ink done.
     He asked for a 13,
     But they drew a 31.

6. (slang) Cheap red wine.

別の表記

• inke (廃れた用法)

派生語

動詞

ink (三人称単数 現在形 inks, 現在分詞 inking, 過去形および過去分詞形 inked)

1. (transitive) To apply ink to; to cover or smear with ink.
2. (transitive) To sign (a contract または similar document).
   • December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine‎^[1]:

     Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS).

3. (transitive) To apply a tattoo to (someone).
4. (intransitive, of a squid または octopus) to eject ink (sense 3)

同意語

• (sign): endorse, initial, inscribe, subscribe