INletとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

inlet (三人称単数 現在形 inlets, 現在分詞 inletting, 過去形および過去分詞形 inlet)

1. (transitive) To let in; admit.
2. (transitive) To insert; inlay.
   • 2012 December 17, “Archeologists Unearth Alien-Like Skulls In A Mexico Cemetery”, in RedOrbit‎^[1], retrieved 2013-03-13:

     The team said that many of the bones unearthed were the remains of children, leading them to believe the practice of deforming skulls “may have been inlet and dangerous.”

語源 2

From Middle English inlāte (“inlet, entrance”), from inleten (“to let in”), equivalent to in- +‎ let. Compare Low German inlat (“inlet”), German Einlass (“inlet, entrance”).

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名詞

inlet (複数形 inlets)

1. A body of water let into a coast, such as a bay, cove, fjord or estuary.
2. A passage that leads into a cavity.
   • 1748. HUME, David. An enquiry concerning human understanding. In: L. A. SELBY-BIGGE, M. A. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. 2. ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 15.

     by opening this new inlet for sensations, you also open an inlet for the ideas;