enclosureとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English enclosure, from Old French enclosure.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/, /ɪnˈkloʊʒəɹ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkləʊʒə/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɘnˈklɐʉʒɘ/
• ハイフネーション: en‧clo‧sure

名詞

enclosure (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 enclosures)

1. (countable) Something enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.

   There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.

2. (uncountable) The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.

   The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.

3. (countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

   He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.

   The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.

   The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.

   • 1899 Feb, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, page 199:

     And the village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures.

4. (uncountable) The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.

   The enclosure of public land is against the law.

   The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.

   At first, untrained horses resist enclosure.

5. (uncountable, 英国用法 History) The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.

   Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.

6. (religion) The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.

使用する際の注意点

• For more on the spelling of this word, see enclose.