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発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈtaʊ̯əl/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯l̩]
• (Southern 米国発音, Midland 米国発音, Mid-Atlantic 米国発音, New York City, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈtæʊ̯əl/, [ˈtæʊ̯l̩]
• (Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization) IPA: /ˈtaːəl/, [ˈtʰaːl̩]
• 韻: -aʊl, -aʊəl
• ハイフネーション: tow‧el

名詞

towel (plural towels)

1. A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath.

   He needed a towel for wiping the slippery floor.

下位語

• lavabo
• see also Derived terms below

派生語

派生した語

動詞

towel (third-person singular simple present towels, present participle (US) toweling or (UK) towelling, simple past and past participle (US) toweled or (UK) towelled)

1. (transitive) To dry by using a towel.

   He got out of the shower and toweled himself dry.

2. (transitive) To hit with a towel.
3. (transitive) To block up (a door, etc.) with a towel, to conceal the fumes of a recreational drug.
   • 2012, Dave Tomar, The Shadow Scholar: How I Made a Living Helping College Kids Cheat:

     We would open the windows, towel the door, and turn my bedroom into an Allman Brothers concert.

4. (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To beat with a stick, or "oaken towel".

派生語

• towel down
• towel off
• towel up
• untoweled, untowelled

参照

アナグラム

• Towle, owlet