English Dictionary

UFO

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌjuːɛfˈəʊ/

名詞

略語 別表記 イニシャリズム 口語

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft. / (colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.

日本語の意味

未確認飛行物体、すなわちエイリアンの乗り物とされる宇宙船 / （口語）編み物やその他のクラフトにおいて、途中で完成していない物体

The hikers claimed they saw a UFO hovering above the valley last night.

ハイカーたちは昨夜、谷の上空に未確認飛行物体が浮かんでいるのを見たと主張した。

意味（1）

Initialism of unidentified flying object; (loosely) an alien spacecraft.

After the case had been reported in the newspapers, Mrs. Gracindo de Souza, wife of a member of the local stock exchange, told police that she and her daughter had been driving down Alameda Sao Boaventura when they had seen an UFO hovering over the clearing where the bodies were later discovered.

意味（2）

(colloquial) An "unfinished object" in knitting or other kinds of craft.

UFOs differ from WIPs in that a WIP is a project one is actively pursuing, while a UFO runs the risk of never getting finished.

UFOs （ plural ）