English Dictionary

elbow

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛlbəʊ/

名詞

広義 アメリカ英語 古風

(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

日本語の意味

上腕と前腕の間の関節、すなわち「肘」

She rested her elbow on the table while reading the letter.

彼女は手紙を読みながら机に肘をついた。

意味（1）

(anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

Up to the elbowes naked were there Armes.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back

意味（3）

(US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.

An elbow, huh? putting all the contempt he could in his voice; and somehow any synonym for detective seems able to hold a lot of contempt.

意味（4）

(basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.

意味（5）

A hit with the elbow.

England ran Tunisia ragged in that spell but were punished for missing a host of chances when Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot against the run of play after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.

意味（6）

(knots) Two nearby crossings of a rope.

elbows （ plural ）