English Dictionary

alligator

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tə/

間投詞

Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which the speaker counts out loud, saying the word "alligator" between the numbers so that each number is spoken approximately one second after the last one.

日本語の意味

特定の時間計測のための数え方において、数字と数字の間に「alligator」と発声し、各数字がほぼ1秒間隔で表現されるようにするための合言葉的表現です。

We counted out loud: one alligator, two alligator, three alligator, to make each number come about a second apart.

私たちは声に出して数えました：一（数字と数字の間に言う掛け声）、二（同じ掛け声）、三（同じ掛け声）、各数字がおよそ1秒間隔になるようにするためです。

意味（1）

Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which the speaker counts out loud, saying the word "alligator" between the numbers so that each number is spoken approximately one second after the last one.

The same way people will count the seconds between lightning and thunder, I counted the seconds between coughs. One-alligator, two-alligator, three-alligator.