foil

/fɔɪl/

意味: ホイル、引き立て役、防止

例文: ALX used foil to block Momo’s snack signals.
　　  ALXはモモのスナック信号を遮るためにホイルを使った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: aluminum foil(アルミホイル), foil character(対比キャラクター), fencing foil(フェンシングのフルーレ)

定義: 薄い金属のシートや、何かを包むためのアルミホイルを指します。また、文学や映画で主役を引き立てるための対比キャラクターを意味することもあります。フェンシングでは、特定の剣の種類を指します。

foilは約200,000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: a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
Noun: anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing’s good qualities
Noun: a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
Noun: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
Noun: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
Verb: enhance by contrast
Verb: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Verb: cover or back with foil

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She used foil to wrap the leftover food.(彼女は残り物を包むのにホイルを使った。)
The hero plans to foil the villain’s scheme.(英雄は悪者の計画を阻止しようとしている。)
The sword’s foil is light and flexible for fencing.(フェンシングの剣のフイルは軽くて柔軟だ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the photographic film was wrapped in foil
Noun: pretty girls like plain friends as foils
Noun: the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils
Verb: In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background
Verb: What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth’s amazing September surge
Verb: foil your opponent
Verb: foil mirrors

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): baffle, bilk, cross, enhancer, foil, frustrate, hydrofoil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart, transparency

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attention, contrast, cover, device, fencing sword, picture, prevent, sheet metal

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acoustic device, adapter, afterburner, agglomerator, airfoil, alarm, aluminize, appliance, applicator, aspergill, autopilot, bait, bank, bark, bedaub, billiard marker, bind, bird feeder, bitmap, blacklead, blanket, blindfold, blinker, blower, board up, bootjack, bread, breathalyzer, breathing device, brush, bubbler, buffer, butter, canopy, canvas, carpet, catapult, charger, chiaroscuro, clapboard, clip-on, cloak, coat, coif, collage, comb, comforter, concrete, conductor, conflict, contraceptive, converter, corer, corrective, corrugated iron, cowl, crape, crown, crusher, cryptograph, cutoff, dampener, damper, daub, debar, deflector, dental appliance, depressor, detector, diestock, drape, drive, drop forge, dust, elastic device, electrical device, electronic device, energizer, envelop, epee, exercise device, explosive device, face, fan, feather, felt, filter, fire extinguisher, flake, flare, flash, flashing, foil, frost, fumigator, gas fixture, graphic, grass, gravel, grease, groover, guard, heat exchanger, heater, hold, holding device, hood, horn, hydrofoil, iconography, imprint, indicator, inset, instrument, interlock, interrupter, jacket, jig, key, keyboard, kinetoscope, knocker, lag, laminate, lift, lifting device, lighter, likeness, lime, line, machine, magnet, mask, mechanism, memory device, mound over, mulch, musical instrument, nest egg, noisemaker, obstruct, oil, oppose, optical device, override, paint, pall, panorama, paper, paper feed, parcel, paste, peeler, pick, plank, plaster, power takeoff, prod, prompter, pull, put on, recover, reflection, reflector, release, remote control, reset, restraint, roof, router, runner, saber, save, scan, scratcher, sheathe, sheet, shoehorn, shoetree, shooting stick, shredder, signaling device, smother, snowshoe, sod, sonogram, sounder, source of illumination, spray, spread, spritz, stabilizer, steel, stemmer, stop, straightener, straw, strengthener, stylus, suction cup, support, sweatbox, synchroflash, take-up, teaser, throwing stick, thwart, tile, tilter, tin plate, tongs, toy, trap, trigger, turf, valve, vaporizer, veneer, ventilator, wallpaper, wash, washboard, water cooler, wax, whiteout, wrap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): aluminum foil, chaff, dash, disappoint, gold foil, ruin, short-circuit, slide, tinfoil, viewgraph

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: cross, enhance, foil, foiling, foliate, frustration, frustrative, thwarter, thwarting

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: technology

Usage Category: formal

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

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: