scoreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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)

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

   The player with the highest score is the winner.

3. 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!

4. 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.

5. Twenty, 20.

   Some words have scores of meanings.

   • 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)‎^[1], near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1:

     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.

   • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:

     I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.

6. (gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
   • 2013, Arnold Snyder, Big Book of Blackjack

     Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.

7. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
   • 1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 26, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes; I. Browne; I. Helme; I. Busbie, published 1613, →OCLC:

     At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.

8. A weight of twenty pounds.
10. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
11. (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.

12. 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.

13. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
    • 1662, [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:

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

    • 1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour […]‎^[2], London: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman, published 1667, Act V, scene ii, page 65:

      You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore.

14. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
    • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:

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

15. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
    • c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene viii]:

      He parted well, and paid his score.

16. (US, crime, slang) a criminal act, especially:
    1. A robbery.

       Let's pull a score!

       • 2022, Matt Reeves; Peter Craig, The Batman:

         Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from.
         Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark?
         Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score?

    2. A bribe paid to a police officer.
    3. An illegal sale, especially of drugs.

       He made a big score.

    4. A prostitute's client.
17. (originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
    • 1976, William C. Thomas, Cat Murkil and the Silks, spoken by Punch:

      Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there.

18. (UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
    • 1975, John Seymour, The Companion Guide to the Coast of North-east England (page 206)

      Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth.

使用する際の注意点

As a quantity, a score is counted as any other unit: ten score, twelve score, fourteen score, etc. (または tenscore, twelvescore). There is no word for 20²; rather, twenty score is used, and twice that forty score.

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^[3]:

     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[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 50”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:

     "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^[4]:

        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. (gambling) To win money by gambling.
      • 2005, Shannon Nash, For the Love of Money (page 215)

        […] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!

   4. (slang) To acquire or gain.
      • 1971, Jagger–Richards; Marianne Faithfull (lyrics かつ music), “Sister Morphine”, in Sticky Fingers, performed by The Rolling Stones:

        What am I doing in this place? / Why does the doctor have no face? / Oh, I can't crawl across the floor / Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score

      • 1975, Andy Mackay & Bryan Ferry (lyrics かつ music), “Love Is the Drug”, performed by Roxy Music:

        I jump up, bubble up, what's in store? / Love is the drug and I need to score

      I scored some drugs last night.

      Did you score tickets for the concert?

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

      Chris finally scored with Pat last week.

      • 1982, Domenic Bugatti; Frank Muskeer; Christopher Cerf (lyrics), “Prowlin'”, in Grease 2:

        Gotta find a chick who'll give you more / Well, there's a spot that I've discovered / Where a guy's guaranteed to score

4. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
   • 1974, New York Magazine (volume 7, number 45, page 98)

     Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing.

Conjugation

同意語

• (to cut a groove in a surface): groove, notch
• (to record the score): keep, score, tally
• (to earn points in a game):
• (to achieve a score in a test):
• (to acquire または gain): come by, earn, obtain; see also Thesaurus:receive
• (to extract a bribe): shake down
• (to obtain a sexual favor): pull
• (to provide with a musical score): soundtrack

派生語

派生した語

• →⇒ Irish: scóráil

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
• Jonathon Green (2023), “score n.³”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang

アナグラム

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