flap

/flæp/

意味: 羽ばたき、ばたばた音

例文: Momo chased the flap of a flying napkin.
　　  モモは飛んでいるナプキンのばたばた音を追いかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: flap wings(翼を羽ばたかせる), flap open(パタパタと開く), flap around(バタバタ動く)

定義: 何かが風や動きでパタパタと動くことを指します。例えば、旗や鳥の翼が風で動く様子です。また、緊張や不安で落ち着かない状態を表すこともあります。

flapは約300,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: any broad thin and limber covering attached at one edge; hangs loose or projects freely
Noun: an excited state of agitation
Noun: the motion made by flapping up and down
Noun: a movable piece of tissue partly connected to the body
Noun: a movable airfoil that is part of an aircraft wing; used to increase lift or drag
Verb: move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Verb: move noisily
Verb: move with a thrashing motion
Verb: move with a flapping motion
Verb: make a fuss; be agitated
Verb: pronounce with a flap, of alveolar sounds

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The bird began to flap its wings rapidly.(鳥は翼を素早くバタバタさせ始めた。)
She heard the flap of the flag in the wind.(彼女は風に揺れる旗のパタパタ音を聞いた。)
He fixed the flap on his backpack before hiking.(彼はハイキング前にリュックのフラップを直した。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he wrote on the flap of the envelope
Noun: he was in a dither
Noun: there was a terrible flap about the theft
Verb: The curtains undulated
Verb: the waves rolled towards the beach
Verb: flags flapped in the strong wind
Verb: The bird flapped its wings
Verb: The eagle beat its wings and soared high into the sky
Verb: The bird’s wings were flapping

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): beat, dither, flap, flapping, flaps, flutter, fluttering, fuss, pother, roll, tizzy, undulate, wave

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): agitation, airfoil, animal tissue, beat, covering, fuss, move, pronounce, wave

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): adipose tissue, advance, agitate, aileron, arouse, artificial skin, aspirate, assume, beat, blow, bob, bolt, bootleg, brandish, brush, bubble, buck, bustle, canopy, cant, capillary bed, careen, cartilage, casing, center, chafing gear, chalaza, change hands, chase away, chop, churn, circulate, click, climb, cloak, close, cloth covering, clothing, coating, connective tissue, coronet, cortex, cover plate, crash, cut, cut to, dance, dandle, devoice, disarrange, dislocate, displace, disturbance, dither, diverge, dodge, drag, drape, drawl, drive, drop, drop back, duck, earmuff, elevator, embryonic tissue, engage, epithelium, erectile tissue, exit, expel, explode, exteriorize, falter, fibrous tissue, fidget, fig leaf, finger, flap, flesh, flex, flick, flinch, fling, flip, floor cover, flow, fluctuate, fluctuation, flurry, fly, folder, footwear, fret, funnel, get down, gingiva, glide, grab, graft, gravitate, gravity wave, heave, herd, hit, hit the dirt, hood, hop, hop on, horizontal stabilizer, hustle, imbrication, instep, interstitial tissue, jar, jerk, jolt, jump, lateralize, launch, lens cortex, lift, lilt, linger, lisp, list, lower, lunge, lurch, lymphatic tissue, make way, mask, matrix, matting, medulla, membrane, mercy seat, mill, mispronounce, mobilize, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, muscle, nasalize, nervous tissue, nod, oscillation, overturn, paddle box, palatalize, palpitate, parenchyma, planking, play, pour, press down, propel, protective covering, pull, pulsate, pulsation, pulse, pump, push, put, putter, quicken, race, raise, rake, reach, reciprocate, relocate, retroflex, rock, roll, rotor blade, round, rout out, rudder, run, saltate, scan, screen, scruple, seesaw, seiche, send, separate, shake, shift, shock wave, sibilate, sidle, sine wave, singsong, sink, slide, sling, slip, snap, sound wave, spill, spoiler, spread, stabilizer, standing wave, startle, station, steal, stir, streak, stress, stretch, strike out, stroma, stumble, subvocalize, swathing, sweep, swing, swoop, syllabize, tailspin, take back, teeter, thrash, throw, thumb, thunder, toe, top, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, traveling wave, trill, tug, turn, twang, unseat, unwind, upholstery, uproot, upstage, vertical tail, vibrate, vocalize, voice, wallow, wamble, wash, wave form, wedge, whirl, whistle, wind, wing, wobble, woosh, work, wrapping, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): barndoor, bate, clap, coattail, codpiece, cusp, earflap, flail, flutter, jag, landing flap, lap, luff, pocket flap, protective fold, soft palate, tent-fly, tongue, uvula

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: beat, dither, flap, flapping, flutter, fuss, pother, roller, undulation, wave

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: negative