batterとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English bateren, from Old French batre (“to beat”).

動詞

batter (三人称単数 現在形 batters, 現在分詞 battering, 過去形および過去分詞形 battered)

1. To hit or strike violently and repeatedly.

   The firemen battered down the door.

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], part 1, 2nd edition, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, OCLC 932920499; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act IV, scene ii:

     The golden ſtature of their feathered bird
     That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals,
     Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.

2. (cooking) To coat with batter (the food ingredient).

   I prefer it when they batter the cod with breadcrumbs.

3. (figuratively) To defeat soundly; to thrash.

   Synonym: thrash

   Leeds United battered Charlton 7-0.

   • #*
     2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in Telegraph (UK):

     There have been so many times when England were such a tactically flat, stressed-out bunch that they could squeeze the joy out of battering even the meekest opposition, so at times against Panama you had to rub your eyes at the general levels of fun being had.

4. (UK, slang, usually in the passive) To intoxicate.

   Synonym: intoxicate

   That cocktails will batter you!

   I was battered last night on our pub crawl.

5. (metalworking) To flatten (metal) by hammering, so as to compress it inwardly and spread it outwardly.

派生語

• battered person syndrome
• battered woman syndrome

語源 2

From Middle English bature, from Old French bateure (“the action of beating”), from batre (“to beat”).

名詞

batter (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 batters)

1. (cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg かつ milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, または Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying

   pancake batter

   To the dismay of his mother, the boy put his finger into the cake batter.

2. (countable, slang) A binge, a heavy drinking session.

   Synonyms: bender, binge

   When he went on a batter, he became very violent.

3. A paste of clay or loam.
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 または 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, OCLC 1180792622:

     The batter or lome that goeth to the making of [bricks]

4. (countable, printing) A bruise on the face of a plate or of type in the form.
   • 1881, The Printing Times and Lithographer (page 251)

     In repairing batters at the edges of the plate, when the bevel has been torn away by the catches, &c., it is necessary to solder a piece of metal along the side.

語源 3

Unknown.

動詞

batter (三人称単数 現在形 batters, 現在分詞 battering, 過去形および過去分詞形 battered)

1. (architecture) To slope (of walls, buildings etc.).

名詞

batter (複数形 batters)

1. An incline on the outer face of a built wall.

語源 4

bat +‎ -er (“agent suffix”).

名詞

batter (複数形 batters)

1. (baseball) The player attempting to hit the ball with a bat.

   Synonyms: hitter, batsman (まれに)

   The first batter hit the ball into the corner for a double.

2. (cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
3. (cricket) The player now receiving strike; the striker.
4. (cricket) Any player selected for his or her team principally to bat, as opposed to a bowler.
   • 2015, Brendon McCullum, ESPNcricnfo

     It's hard to put this on his shoulders while the guy is so young, but I firmly believe Kane could go down as New Zealand's greatest ever batter.

同意語

• (all cricket senses): batsman

下位語

• (all cricket senses): batsman, batswoman

上位語

• (all cricket senses): cricketer

関連する語

アナグラム

• Tarbet, tabret