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発音

• IPA: /ˈʃɹæpnəl/
• 韻: -æpnəl

名詞

shrapnel (usually uncountable, plural shrapnels)

1. (military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets or balls close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.

   Hypernyms: shell, cartridge

   Coordinate term: canister shot

2. (military, historical) The bullets or balls from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.

   Hypernym: shot

   Coordinate term: canister shot

3. (military) Any shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb, or landmine.
4. (by extension, figurative) Debris.

   The dog ate my sandwich, and there was shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag.

5. (slang, figurative) Loose change.
   • 2004, “Fit But You Know It”, in Mike Skinner (lyrics), A Grand Don't Come For Free, performed by The Streets:

     I was waiting in the queue, looking at the board / Wondering whether to have a burger or chips / Or what the shrapnel in my back pocket could afford

派生語

Further reading

• shrapnel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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