English Dictionary

smalls

IPA（発音記号）

/smɔːlz/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 くだけた表現 複数形 複数形のみ 古風 略語 別表記

(UK, Australia, informal) Underwear. / Small goods. / (Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree. / (informal) Short for small ads.

日本語の意味

下着 / 小物類 / （Oxford Universityの旧スラング）学位取得のための予備審査 / （口語）小広告の略

I packed a spare pair of smalls in my bag just in case.

念のため予備の下着をバッグに入れておきました。

意味（1）

(UK, Australia, informal) Underwear.

He's in the garden hanging his smalls on the washing line.

意味（2）

Small goods.

He reassured another questioner that B.R. were still deeply interested in smalls traffic, but said that there would have to be substantial changes in the mode of operation and that concentration of the traffic was essential.

意味（3）

(Oxford University slang, dated) The preliminary examination for a degree.

You see, Miss Dodd, an university examination consists of several items: neglect but one, and Crichton himself would be ploughed; because brilliancy in your other papers is not allowed to count; that is how the most distinguished man of our day got ploughed for Smalls.

意味（4）

(informal) Short for small ads.

Provincial English papers still carry their “smalls” — want ads — on the first page.