spotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /spɒt/
• 韻: -ɒt
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /spɑt/

名詞

spot (複数形 spots)

1. A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.

   The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.

   Why do ladybugs have spots?

2. A stain or disfiguring mark.

   I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.

3. A pimple, papule or pustule.

   That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.

   I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots.

4. A symbol on a playing card, domino, die, etc. indicating its value; a pip.
6. A small, unspecified amount or quantity.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:modicum

   Do come 'round on Sunday for a spot of tea, won't you?

7. (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.

   Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot and two five spots.

8. A location or area.

   I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.

   For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

     That spot to which I point is Paradise.

   • 1800, William Wordsworth, Hart-leap Well:

     "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is curs'd."

   • 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France‎^[1]:

     Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot.

9. A parking space.
   • 2011 March 23, “We asked mayoral candidates: Do you support 'dibs' on parking spots?”, in Chicago Sun-Times:

     Del Valle has the blessing of a garage, so he doesn't have to claim “dibs” on shoveled street spots himself, he said.

10. (sports) An official determination of placement.

    The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.

11. A bright lamp; a spotlight.
12. (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.

    Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?

13. A difficult situation.

    Synonyms: predicament; see also Thesaurus:difficult situation

    She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.

14. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports または assists a maneuver, または is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
15. (soccer) Penalty spot.
    • 2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC‎^[2]:

      The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.

16. The act of spotting or noticing something.

    You've misspelled "terrapin" here. —Whoops. Good spot.

17. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
18. A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
19. The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
20. (in the plural, brokers' スラング, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
21. (physics) An autosoliton.
22. (finance) A decimal point; point.

    Twelve spot two five pounds sterling. ― £12.25

23. Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
24. Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.

下位語

• sitspot
• shot spot
• sweet spot

派生語

派生した語

• → Catalan: espot

動詞

spot (三人称単数 現在形 spots, 現在分詞 spotting, 過去形および過去分詞形 spotted)

1. (transitive) To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.

   Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.

   • 2020 July 1, Ruth Sutherland, Neil Peters, “Answering the call”, in Rail, page 47:

     The campaign aimed to give commuters the confidence to trust their own instincts and intervene if they spot someone vulnerable who may be at risk of suicide, and to talk to them to interrupt their suicidal thoughts.

2. (US, slang) To loan a small amount of money to someone.

   I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.

   • 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 185:

     “It’s close to payday, but you’re welcome to what I have. Maybe Wickliffe can spot me a few.”

3. (transitive, intransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).

   Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.

   a garment spotted with mould

4. To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.

   I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.

5. To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
6. (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.

   I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.

7. (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.

   Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.

8. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
   • a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the page number)”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC:

     Link not me in self same chain With the wicked-working folk, Who their spotted thoughts do cloak.

   • c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene ii:

     If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.

9. To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
10. (transitive, chiefly snooker and billiards) To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.

    The referee had to spot the pink on the blue spot.

11. (aviation, military, transitive) To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
    • 1959, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2: Navy Training Courses, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 315:

      The aircraft is spotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close.

    • 1990, Mike Harvell, Airman, pages 9–37:

      This spotting order varies from carrier to carrier to suit the flight-deck layout. Certain aircraft must be spotted in a specific location to permit servicing, loading of ammunition, starting, maintenance, and so forth.

12. (rail transport, transitive) To position (a locomotive または car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.

派生語

形容詞

spot (not comparable)

1. (commerce, finance) Available on the spot; for immediate payment or delivery.

   spot wheat

   spot cash

   a spot contract

アナグラム

• OTPs, POST, POTS, PTOs, Post, TPOs, opts, post, post-, post., pots, stop, tops