英和和英

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɛlpɚ/

名詞

helper (plural helpers)

1. One who helps; an aide; assistant; auxiliary.
2. That which helps; anything serving to assist.
   • 2005, PC World, volume 23, page 158:

     While Adobe's Acrobat Reader, Macromedia's Flash player, and other common plug-ins suggest themselves the moment you encounter a site that requires them, other browser helpers are harder to find.

   • 2012, Jude Deveraux, The Mulberry Tree, page 84:

     He no longer liked food that had “helper” in the name, such as Hamburger Helper and Tuna Helper. Patsy said he'd become uppity, and maybe, when it came to food, he had.

   • 2014, Neale Blackwood, Advanced Excel Reporting for Management Accountants, page 154:

     If a particular calculation is to be used a few times, it makes sense to put it in a helper cell so that it can be referred to by other formulas.

3. (Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines) A person who does cleaning and cooking in a family home, or in a market; domestic employee.
4. (rail transport, US) A locomotive that assists a train, usually on steep gradients.

   Synonym: banker

   • 1964 November, “Automatic helper locomotive control on the Louisville & Nashville RR, USA”, in Modern Railways, page 354:

     A device for the automatic control of crewless helper locomotives cut into the make-up of heavy freight trains has been perfected by the Louisville & Nashville RR in conjunction with the General Railway Signalling Co.

5. (slang) A stimulating pill, especially amphetamine.
   • 1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 152:

     And I routinely took more “helpers” when I woke up in order to maintain the fast pace and, more importantly, to study for my final exams.

派生語

Further reading

• “helpers n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present.

アナグラム

• Hepler