bogey

IPA（発音記号）

/bəʊɡi/

名詞

古語語頭大文字頻度副詞通常定冠詞付き比喩的用法俗語イギリス英語別表記異形

日本語の意味

古風な用法で、特定の大文字表記及び定冠詞と共に用いられる場合は「悪魔」を指す。 / 幽霊、ゴブリン、またはその他の敵意ある超自然的存在を指す。 / 比喩的に、恐ろしいもの、または恐怖の対象を意味する。

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In the village, mothers warned their children that the bogey would snatch them if they played after dusk.

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村では、母親たちが子供たちに、日暮れ後に遊ぶと悪魔がさらっていくと警告していた。

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意味（1）

(archaic, often capitalized, usually with definite article) The Devil.

意味（2）

A ghost, goblin, or other hostile supernatural creature.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A bugbear: any terrifying thing.

England could have been forgiven for believing the fates were against them as they trailed to their League A Group Four opponents, who have become something of a bogey side over the years.

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意味（4）

(engineering) A standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at in competition.

意味（5）

He stood on the sand near the gravel road that passed within two miles of the site of the disintegrated bogey, binoculars hanging on a leather strap from his neck, face streaming with sweat under the brim of his hat... Army and government trucks passed along the road every few minutes, some bearing radiation stickers; many of those outward bound, he knew, carried fragments of the bogey. He was not privy to what they were finding.

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