squib

IPA（発音記号）

/skwɪb/

名詞

アメリカ英語古風

(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode. / A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc. / (mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

日本語の意味

（軍事用）爆発を狙わず火花を散らすための小型花火や、ロケットなどを点火するための装置 / （採鉱用）緩やかに燃焼する導火線または安全用導火線

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During the training exercise, the soldier ignited a squib to simulate tracer sparks without risking an explosion.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

訓練中、兵士は爆発せず火花を噴出することを目的とした小型の花火に点火して、トレーサーの火花を安全に再現した。

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意味（1）

(military) A small firework that is intended to spew sparks rather than explode.

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意味（2）

A similar device used to ignite an explosive or launch a rocket, etc.

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(mining) A kind of slow match or safety fuse.

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(automotive) The heating element used to set off the sodium azide pellets in a vehicle's airbag.

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(film, theater) In special effects, a small explosive used to replicate a bullet hitting a surface.

意味（8）

(dated) A short piece of witty writing; a lampoon.

Ye nevvs-paper vvitlings! ye pert ſcribbling folks! / VVho copied his ſquibs, and re-echoed his jokes, […]

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意味（9）

(dated) A writer of lampoons.

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(law) In a legal casebook, a short summary of a legal action placed between more extensively quoted cases.

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(linguistics) A short article, often published in journals, that introduces theoretically problematic empirical data or discusses an overlooked theoretical problem. In contrast to a typical article, a squib need not answer the questions that it poses.