/kəˈriːn/
意味: 傾く・暴走する
例文: Lena’s wagon careened into the cookie shelf.
レナの荷車がクッキー棚に突っ込んだ。
言葉のよくある組み合わせ: car careen(車が傾く), ship careen(船が傾く), careen down(急に下る)
定義: 速く不安定に動くことや、特に車や船が傾いて動くことを指します。例えば、車が急に曲がるときに傾く様子や、船が波で揺れる様子を表します。
careenは約10,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: pitching dangerously to one side
Verb: walk as if unable to control one’s movements
Verb: move sideways or in an unsteady way
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Verb: The drunken man staggered into the room
Verb: The ship careened out of control
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): careen, keel, lurch, reel, rock, shift, stagger, swag, sway, tilt, wobble
Antonyms(反意語):
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): lurch, move, walk
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): amble, ambulate, arouse, assume, beat, bob, bolt, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, chop, churn, climb, close, clump, crash, cut, cut to, dance, diverge, dodge, drop back, duck, exit, falter, fidget, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flounce, flow, flurry, fly, foot, get down, grab, gravitate, heave, hike, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, jerk, jolt, jump, limp, linger, list, lollop, lumber, lunge, lurch, make way, march, mill, mince, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, nod, pace, perambulate, promenade, prowl, pulsate, putter, quicken, reach, reciprocate, rock, roll, run, seesaw, separate, shake, shuffle, sidle, skulk, sleepwalk, slink, slip, slog, slouch, snap, sneak, spacewalk, spread, stagger, stalk, startle, steal, step, stir, stomp, streak, stretch, stride, strike out, stroll, stumble, sweep, swoop, tap, teeter, throw, thunder, tiptoe, tittup, toddle, toe, traipse, tramp down, tread, turn, vibrate, wade, wallow, wamble, whirl, wobble, writhe
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語):
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: careen, lurch, reeler, rock, rocky, shift, stagger, staggerer, sway, tilt, wobble, wobbler
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: common
Usage Context: descriptive
Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞): en
Exam Level
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
Books(洋書):
Movies(映画): The Bad Guys
Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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