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語源

From explore +‎ -er.

発音

• IPA: /ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/
• 韻: -ɔːɹə(ɹ)

名詞

explorer (plural explorers)

1. One who explores something
2. A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rachni Codex entry:

     Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence.

3. Any of various hand tools, with sharp points, used in dentistry.

   Coordinate term: scaler

4. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual representation of a file system etc. through which the user can navigate.
   • 2007, Mark Minasi, John Paul Mueller, Mastering Windows Vista Business: Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise:

     For example, Vista includes a document explorer that shows just the documents in a location without considering all of the other files that might appear there.

派生語

関連する語

• exploration
• explorative
• exploratory

参考

• ranger
• scout