pulpとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音, General Australian) IPA^(key): /pʌlp/
  • (米国発音) IPA^(key): /pəlp/

名詞

pulp (usually uncountable, 複数形 pulps)

1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter.
   1. A mixture of wood, cellulose and/or rags and water ground up to make paper.
   2. A mass of chemically processed wood fibres (cellulose).
   3. A suspension of mineral particles, typically achieved by some form of agitation.
   4. The soft center of a fruit.
   5. The soft center of a tooth.
   6. The very soft tissue in the spleen.
2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.
   • 1983, Gary Hoppenstand, ‎Ray Broadus Browne, The Defective Detective in the Pulps (page 2)

     The hard-hitting, action packed, thud and blunder adventure fantasy was a commodity during that somber decade: Americans paid money to forget their troubles, and the pulps were willing to sell.

   • 2009, David Hajdu, Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture:

     The fledgling comics business was a sweatshop trade for creative hopefuls too inexperienced, too socially ill-equipped, or, more often, too minimally talented for the established avenues of hackdom, the pulps and commercial art.

派生語

動詞

pulp (三人称単数 現在形 pulps, 現在分詞 pulping, 過去形および過去分詞形 pulped)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or be made into pulp.
2. (transitive, slang) To beat to a pulp.
3. (transitive) To deprive of pulp; to separate the pulp from.

派生語

• pulper

形容詞

pulp (comparative more pulp, superlative most pulp)

1. (fiction) Of or pertaining to pulp magazines; in the style of a pulp magazine or the material printed within such a publication.
   • 1997 July 22, Eric Gimlin, “Re: Annual theme '98”, in rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, Usenet‎^[1], message-ID <33D504B4.105@swbell.net>:

     The Nightwing annual had what felt like a very 'pulp-ish' plot, and the Superman annual was great, with a very pulp plot and a incredible Doc Savage tribute cover.

   • 2003 January 3, Mark Wheatley, “Re: PULP 2003 READING”, in alt.pulp, Usenet‎^[2], message-ID <3E159FC7.70409@insightstudiosgroup.com>:

     Rather than Asimov I might suggest Stanley Weinbaum (since he died young かつ early in his career, he is far more "pulp" than Asimov - かつ remarkably readable - there is a LANCER collection of some of his short stories).

同意語

• pulpish, pulpy