scoreとは

発音

• (Received 発音) enPR: skôr, IPA^(key): /skɔː/
• (General American) enPR: skôrʹ, IPA^(key): /skɔɹ/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: skōrʹ, IPA^(key): /sko(ː)ɹ/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /skoə/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)

名詞

score (複数形 scores)

1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

   The player with the highest score is the winner.

2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

   The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!

3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

   The test scores for this class were high.

4. Twenty, 20 (number).
   • 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"

     "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

   Some words have scores of meanings.

5. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.

   (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

6. A weight of twenty pounds.
8. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
9. (music) The music of a movie or play.
   • 2013 June 29, “Travels and travails”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 55:

     Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

10. Subject.
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 245e.

      Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score.

11. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
    • Hudibras

      But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score.

    • Dryden

      You act your kindness in Cydria's score.

12. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
    • Shakespeare

      Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.

13. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
    • Shakespeare

      He parted well, and paid his score.

14. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.

    Let's pull a score!

15. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
16. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.

    He made a big score.

17. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
18. (US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.

同意語

• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

派生語

動詞

score (三人称単数 現在形 scores, 現在分詞 scoring, 過去形および過去分詞形 scored)

1. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].

   The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.

2. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
3. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 50

     "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."

   1. To earn points in a game.

      It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.

      Pelé scores again!

      • 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport‎^[2]:

        And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.

   2. To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
      • 2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells us about how to teach reading

        At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.

   3. (slang) To acquire or gain.

      I scored some drugs last night.

      Did you score tickets for the concert?

   4. (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
   5. (vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.

      Chris finally scored with Pat last week.

4. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

派生語

間投詞

score!

1. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success

参考

• grade

参照

• Tom Dalzell, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English, 2008, page 846

アナグラム

• Corse, Crose, Secor, Sorce, ceros, cores, corse, creos, ocres