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名詞

p'int (plural p'ints)

1. Pronunciation spelling of point.
   • 1877, R. Elton Smile [Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter II, in The Manatitlans; or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A., Buenos Ayres: Calla Derecho, Imprenta De Razon, pages 20-21:

     "There was the p'int clear, and we said 'Never a bit!' So you see after the flurry was over we put the question to the others and they took the bearings at once; so you see that we've concluded that we're only 'titled to prize money at most, just as you valer the danger we run with the savages.

   • 1896, Sarah Orne Jewett, “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics‎, page 87:

     "Used to call this p'int Joanna's wharf privilege, but't has worn away in the weather since her time.

   • 2012, various, chapter 13, in The Boy Scouts Book of Stories‎, unnumbered page:

     Then somebody tells him it's the duckin' season down to Setuckit P'int, and he says he'll spend his day off, while the boss is away, massycreein' the coots there.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:p'int.

語源

From 中期英語 pinte, from Old French pinte, assumed from Vulgar Latin *pincta (“a mark used to indicate a level of quantity against a larger measure”), from Latin picta (“painted”), from Latin pingō (“paint”, verb). Doublet of pinto and Pinto.

発音

• IPA: /paɪnt/
• 韻: -aɪnt

名詞

pint (plural pints)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to:
   1. one eighth of a gallon, specifically:
      1. (UK, Commonwealth) 20 fluid ounces, approximately 568 millilitres (an imperial pint).
         • 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 8 April 2019:

           The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.

      2. (US): one half quart.
         1. 16 US fluid ounces [473 millilitres] for liquids (a US liquid pint) or
         2. approximately 33.6 cubic inches [550.6 cubic centimeters] for dry goods (a US dry pint).
   2. (Hungary) 1.696 liters.
   3. (formerly medicine, now chiefly some US bars and ice cream sellers) 12 fluid ounces.
      • 1822, The Monthly Gazette of Health, page 832:

        The prices of the second class are given by the ounce; thus […] for a pint, of 12 ounces;

      • 1928, Ice Cream Trade Journal, page 58:

        As a good illustration, this work shows that it is possible to fill 12-ounce pints for carry-out trade. This leads the ice cream manufacturers to feel that a large part of the trouble encountered comes from merchandising.

      • 1968, Alethea Hayter, Opium and the Romantic Imagination, Univ of California Press, page 194:

        […] a 12-ounce pint of laudanum every five days, or about 1,000 drops a day. The story of Coleridge's opium addiction is further confused by his habit of referring to laudanum as a stimulant.

      • 1973, Ted Kosoy, A Guide for Travellers in Canada:

        ... 12 - ounce pints of beer or ale may be substituted . Visitors under 16 cannot legally bring in tobacco . The liquor allowance does not apply to minors below the age limit prevailing in the province you are entering . Apart from these […]

      • 1975, American Metric Journal, numbers 3-4, page 36:

        Forget quarts and 12-ounce "pints". Given the amounts of Pepsi and 7-up , 3.2 beer and California wine, tequila and sour mash we consume, it won't be long before we learn our capacities in this new language.

      • 2012 June 25, Adam Ried, Thoroughly Modern Milkshakes: 100 Thick and Creamy Shakes You Can Make At Home: 100 Classic and Contemporary Recipes, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN:

        4 medium scoops coffee ice cream (about 1 pint/12 ounces/340 grams), softened until just melty at the edges

2. (British, metonymic) A pint of milk.

   Please leave three pints tomorrow, milkman.

3. (UK, metonymic) A glass of beer or cider, served by the pint.

   A couple of pints please, barman.

   • 1998, Kirk Jones, Waking Ned, Tomboy films:

     Finn: You must have a terrible thirst on you tonight. I've never seen a man drink two pints at the same time.

派生語

参考

• gallon
• litre
• quart

アナグラム

• INTP, NIPT, nipt