sleepoutとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsliːpaʊt/

名詞

sleepout (plural sleepouts)

1. (Australia, New Zealand) A veranda or other outbuilding used as a sleeping area.
   • 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin 1986, p. 111:

     She could see the dark bulk of the sleepout: no lights there either.

   • 2009, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, page 2:

     As I squeeze headfirst out of the sleepout, something invisible tugs at my legs.

2. an organised group of people sleeping in the open, often as a form of protest or to raise public awareness of an issue such as homelessness.
3. a holiday in Africa where travellers sleep away from their home, generally in an open air safari lodge, private home or guest house.

アナグラム

• eelpouts, outsleep, peelouts

アナグラム

• eelpouts, outsleep, peelouts