walk inとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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walk-in (not comparable)

1. That may be walked into:
   1. (of a place) That people may enter without a prior appointment.
      • 2014, Ruzwana Bashir, "The untold story of how a culture of shame perpetuates abuse. I know, I was a victim", The Guardian, 29 August 2014:

        On multiple occasions, beginning when she was 12, Sara went to her local GP and to walk-in clinics wearing her hijab to get the morning-after pill.

   2. (US, of a facility) Accessed by walking, either exclusively, as a campground, or together with drive-in access, as at some drive-in movie theaters.
      • 2007, Fred Dow, Suzanne Dow, U. S. National Forest Campground Guide‎^[6]:

        Aspen is a walk-in tent campground with sites tucked in among the pine

   3. (of a closet, pantry, refrigerator, freezer, etc) Spacious enough to walk into.
      • 1999, Cruise Travel, page 47:

        Our roomy superior category double looked out onto the open wraparound promenade through one-way glass that reversed its view at night. The closet was walk-in, and the bath had a full tub. The TV brought in both the BBC and Euronews, ...

      • 2011, Paradise Avenger, The Breaking of Poisonwood, Xlibris Corporation (→ISBN), page 80:

        The closet was walk-in, but all the clothes had been shoved to one side over a low dresser. The other side was consumed by shelves spanning from floor to ceiling. Arranged on the shelves were boxes of every shape and size neatly labeled ...

      • 2017, K M Randall, Blue Sun, AuthorHouse (→ISBN)

        My closet was walk-in with plenty of hanging space and drawers, but most of my clothes ended up on the floor anyway.

   4. Designed to be possible to walk into (without stepping over a ledge, etc).

      a walk-in bathtub

      • 2016, Douglas E Roff, Jacob A Roff, Cryptid: Discovery, BookBaby (→ISBN)

        “The shower is walk in, multiple showerheads and a tiled bench. Take your time, I installed one of those perpetual hot water heaters, so you can have an endless experience. If you're not out in an hour, I'll call 911.”

      • 2018, Forrest Steele, Never Again, Seriously, Archway Publishing (→ISBN):

        Eighteen-inch ceramic tiles, laid diagonally, made the home seem bigger. Opposite the kitchen was the bedroom wing with a master suite plus two other bedrooms, each having its own bath. All the showers were walk-in.

2. (of a thief または theft) Gaining access through unlocked doors.
   • 1976, Warner A. Eliot, John R. Strack, Alice E. Witter, National Institute of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice. National Evaluation Program, Mitre Corporation, Early-warning robbery reduction projects: an assessment of performance, section II, § A, page 6:

     [...] (locations, that are vulnerable to walk-in robbery), which makes isolation of the value from UCR statistics impossible.

   • 2010, Andrew Ashworth, Sentencing and Criminal Justice, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 137:

     [...], not least because the offence can vary from a quick walk-in theft to planned and targeted plundering.