weeping angelとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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From the name of the Weeping Angels in the Doctor Who franchise.

名詞

weeping angel (plural weeping angels)

1. (fiction, games) A being that can only move when not being watched by a person, usually hostile and depicted as a statue or other humanoid inanimate object.

   Antonym: reverse weeping angel

   • 2022 June 9, treeman0013, “How would you design mechanics around a "Weeping Angel" Encounter”, in reddit.com‎:

     I want to design a Weeping Angels Monster encounter for my players, but I am having some trouble.

   • 2024 January 6, zesuvious, “Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head”, in reddit.com‎:

     Just a brief overview of lethal company's weeping angel, the coil head

   • 2024 September, ImNotBritish107, “New LTM: Weeping Angels”, in playhive.com‎:

     There will be 12 people and two of them are the Weeping Angels. The survivors will have blindness while the angels get night vision

   • 2025 January 30, theQuadron, “Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)”, in reddit.com‎:

     Who is your favorite "weeping angel"? (Not limited to photos)

   • 2025 February 9, Anderson Jerome, “WEEPING ANGEL ENEMY ARCHETYPE”, in andersonjerome.com‎:

     To date, the Weeping Angel is one of the most recognizable archetype in games and films.

   • 2025 March 9, batterdale, “Weeping Angel style enemy”, in steamcommunity.com‎:

     Would love to see how the devs could put their own twist on a weeping angel style enemy (only moves when you aren't looking).

   • 2025 August 24, The_Horse_Head_Man, “How to program a weeping angel?”, in reddit.com‎:

     How do you program a weeping angel for a game? I figure that you have to make a check whenever the model is in view (? Or making it check all the time wether it's in view or not, if it is it stops, if it not, it moves. For what I understand.

   • 2025 December 14, Shaun Fulton, “How to Make a Weeping Angel AI in Unreal Engine”, in Medium‎:

     One of the creepiest enemy types in games and shows are the "Weeping Angel" style monsters.