shaft

/ʃæft/

意味: 柄、通路

例文: The cake fell down the elevator shaft.
　　  ケーキはエレベーターシャフトに落ちた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: drive shaft(ドライブシャフト), elevator shaft(エレベーターシャフト), mine shaft(鉱山の縦坑)

定義: 長い棒状の物や、機械の中で回転する部分を指します。また、エレベーターや鉱山の縦に伸びる通路も「シャフト」と呼ばれます。

shaftは約100,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

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

感情グラフ: 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。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
Noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Noun: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
Noun: a column of light (as from a beacon)
Noun: the main (mid) section of a long bone
Noun: obscene terms for penis
Noun: a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
Noun: a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
Noun: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
Noun: a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
Noun: a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
Noun: the hollow spine of a feather
Verb: equip with a shaft
Verb: defeat someone through trickery or deceit

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The elevator moves smoothly inside the shaft.(エレベーターはシャフト内を滑らかに動く。)
He polished the wooden shaft carefully.(彼は木製のシャフトを丁寧に磨いた。)
A narrow shaft of light entered the room.(狭い光の筋が部屋に差し込んだ。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: his parting shot was `drop dead’
Noun: she threw shafts of sarcasm
Noun: she takes a dig at me every chance she gets

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): barb, beam, beam of light, calamus, cheat, chicane, chouse, cock, diaphysis, dick, dig, gibe, irradiation, jibe, jockey, lance, light beam, pecker, peter, prick, putz, quill, ray, ray of light, rotating shaft, scape, screw, shaft, shaft of light, shot, slam, spear, tool

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): beat, equip, light, line, long bone, passage, passageway, penis, remark, rib, rod, upright, weapon

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accouter, ad-lib, adit, aisle, appoint, arcade, areaway, arm bone, armor, ascender, bar line, baton, beam, bow, bow and arrow, brass knucks, candlelight, channel, cheat, checkmate, cock, collar, column, commission, conduit, connecting rod, control rod, conversation stopper, corona, corridor, counterglow, courtesy, cream, cross hair, cul, daylight, descender, diaphysis, dotted line, drift, eliminate, epiphysis, fin, fire ship, firelight, fish ladder, fishing rod, flamethrower, fluorescence, friar’s lantern, fuse, gambit, gangway, gaslight, gate, get the best, get the jump, glow, graduation, greek fire, guideline, gun, hairline, half-light, horseshoe, immobilize, incandescence, instrument, invest, isometric line, jamb, kickstand, kit out, knife, lamplight, ledger line, leg bone, light arm, luminescence, mechanize, mention, meteor, micropenis, missile, moonlight, motorize, muzzle, obiter dictum, observation, outdo, outfight, outplay, outpoint, overcome, overpower, passageway, pike, platitude, pole, post, projectile, quill, radiance, ramrod, re-equip, refit, rib, rig, right of way, rotating shaft, scantling, scintillation, serif, shaft, shot, slasher, sling, spar, spear, spectrum line, spread-eagle, spur, squiggle, staff line, stair-rod, starlight, stave, stile, stock, streamer, stun gun, sunlight, surpass, sword, throat, tie rod, tomahawk, torchlight, trend line, tunnel, turn out, twilight, vein, walk over, walk-through, wand, weapon of mass destruction, whomp, wire, wisecrack, worst, zinger

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): air shaft, assegai, axle, camshaft, cheap shot, crankshaft, downcast, driveshaft, elevator shaft, heat ray, high beam, javelin, laser beam, low beam, moonbeam, spindle, sunbeam, thill, transmission shaft, trident, ventilation shaft, well

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: beam, beamy, cheat, cheater, chicane, chicanery, diaphyseal, diaphysial, gibe, irradiate, lance, ray, shaft, spear

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law, science

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:

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): Holes

Movies(映画):

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: