weathercock

Noun

figuratively Canada US

Japanese Meaning

風見鶏（風向計として用いられる装飾品、しばしば雄鶏の形状をしているもの） / （比喩的に）風向きに左右されやすい、意見が定まらない人

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The old weathercock on the church steeple spun wildly in the storm, showing the direction of the gusts.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

教会の尖塔にある古い風見鶏が嵐の中で激しく回り、突風の向きを示していた。

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Sense（1）

A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.

Sense（2）

(figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.

Sense（3）

(chiefly Canada, US) 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.

weathercocks

（ plural ）

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