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名詞

weathercock (複数形 weathercocks)

1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
2. (figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
3. (chiefly Canada, 米国用法) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but which also has a wheel attached to measure wind speed.

参考

• weathervane, weather vane
• windsock, wind sock

動詞

weathercock (三人称単数 現在形 weathercocks, 現在分詞 weathercocking, 過去形および過去分詞形 weathercocked)

1. (intransitive, of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
2. (intransitive, of an airplane または missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
3. (transitive) To act as a weathercock for.