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語源

From stand +‎ -ee.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /stanˈdiː/
• (General American) IPA: /stænˈdi/
• 韻: -iː
• ハイフネーション: stand‧ee

名詞

standee (plural standees)

1. Somebody who is forced to stand up, for example, on a crowded bus.
   • 1959 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 430–431:

     Recently I received a letter from Mr. A. H. Maclean, who travelled north by the 11-coach "Flying Scotsman", and remarked that the train "was filled to capacity and we were forced to stand in the corridor"—for nearly 270 miles— [...] Obviously the diesel was working well below her load capacity on this schedule and some addition to the formation ought to have been made to accommodate the standees.

2. A free-standing, rigid print usually of a person or character (often life-sized), meant as a representation of a 3d object, commonly displayed for advertising and promotional purposes.

   Synonym: cut-out

   He took a picture of me with a standee of Darth Vader at the premiere of Star Wars: Episode III.

3. A board game piece made of upright cardboard inserted into a plastic base.
   • 2009 March 4, Martin Manning, BoardGameGeek‎:

     I've always found the best thing to do with standees is to stick a small strip of clear tape to the edge of the cardboard that will be inserted into the stand. This prevents the shredding/tearing problem.

4. (military) A kind of stackable bunk for sleeping.

アナグラム

• East End, enstead, steaned