taserとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Taser

語源

Acronym of Thomas A. Swift's Electric Rifle. Coined in the early 1970s by inventor Jack Cover, after the fictional character created by Edward Stratemeyer in 1910 and especially the volume Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle (1911). Genericization of the trademark Taser.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈteɪ.zɚ/
  • 韻: -eɪzə(ɹ)

名詞

taser (複数形 tasers)

1. A Taser, a handheld device made by Taser International intended to immobilize another by delivering an electric shock.

   Synonym: stun gun

2. (by extension) Any electroshock stun gun.

派生語

• taser (verb)
• tase

参考

• stun gun
• cattle prod (“an electric shock device used to herd cattle”)
• electric fence (“a fixed installation electric shock barrier used to control livestock”)
• mace (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)
• pepper spray (“a self-defense chemical spray used to fend off attackers, similar use to personal tasers”)

動詞

taser (三人称単数 現在形 tasers, 現在分詞 tasering, 過去形および過去分詞形 tasered)

1. To shock a person, thing, individual, or animal with a handheld device with the electric shock that it delivers; to stun with a stun gun.
2. (figurative) To strike verbally or gesturally with ill intents.

   As I spoke too loudly during the solemn church service, my husband shot me a glance that emotionally tasered me to the point of silence until we returned home 2 hours later.

同意語

• tase

参考

• laser
• maser
• phaser

Further reading

• taser on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

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