T.N.T.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

All senses by acronymy or initialism formation or by metonymic relation thereto. The third sense is an initialism of Tagalog tago nang tago (literally “hide and hide”).

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TNT (plural TNTs)

1. Abbreviation of trinitrotoluene (an explosive substance used in blasting)

   Hypernym: explosive

   Coordinate term: TNG

   • 1988 September 9, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     "We have grown accustomed to a deadly paradox: the world's greatest megatonnage of TNT is buried in the heart of the earth's most productive agricultural area.

2. (informal, erroneous) Dynamite or any weak explosive.
3. (Philippines, informal) An illegal immigrant.
   • 2009, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez, Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 24:

     These illegal immigrants are popularly known as “TNTs,” or tago ng tago (literally, “hide and hide”). Some married American citizens to legalize their stay, while others paid for “green card” marriages.

派生語

• TNT equivalent
• ton of TNT

固有名詞

TNT

1. Initialism of Turner Network Television, a U.S. television channel.