pouchとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /paʊt͡ʃ/
• 韻: -aʊtʃ

名詞

pouch (複数形 pouches)

1. A small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
2. A pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.

   Synonym: marsupium

3. Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
4. (slang, dated, derogatory) A protuberant belly; a paunch.
5. A cyst or sac containing fluid.

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6. (botany) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
7. A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.

派生語

• posing pouch

参考

• bag
• pocket
• sack

動詞

pouch (三人称単数 現在形 pouches, 現在分詞 pouching, 過去形および過去分詞形 pouched)

1. (transitive) To enclose within a pouch.

   The beggar pouched the coin.

2. (transitive) To transport within a pouch, especially a diplomatic pouch.

   We pouched the encryption device to our embassy in Beijing.

3. (of fowls かつ fish) To swallow.
   • 1713, William Derham, Physico-theology, or a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God‎^[1]:

     And, to name no more, the common Heron hath its most remarkable Parts adapted to this Service; long Legs for wading; and a long Neck answerable thereto to reach Prey; a wide, extensive Throat to pouch it; long Toes, with strong hooked Talons […]

   • 1820, Thomas Frederick Salter, The Trollerʻs Guide: A New and Complete Practical Treatise on the Art of Trolling Or Fishing for Jack and Pike‎^[2]:

     […] } but if they shake the line and move, after they have remained still three or four minutes, you may conclude the fish has pouched the bait and feels the hooks, then wind up your slack and strike, but not violently, and always mind to keep the point of your rod a little raised while you are playing and killing your fish […]

4. (obsolete) To pout.

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5. (obsolete) To pocket; to put up with.

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