English Dictionary

bat

IPA（発音記号）

/bæt/

名詞

軽蔑的

Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous. / (derogatory) An old woman.

日本語の意味

コウモリ（哺乳類で、夜行性の小型の飛行動物として知られる） / （軽蔑的表現としての）老女

A bat darted out from the cave entrance and swooped over the river to catch insects.

コウモリが洞窟の入り口から飛び出し、川の上を旋回して昆虫を捕まえた。

意味（1）

Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.

The Bat—they called him the Bat. Like a bat he chose the night hours for his work of rapine; like a bat he struck and vanished, pouncingly, noiselessly; like a bat he never showed himself to the face of the day.

意味（2）

(derogatory) An old woman.

Isn't it lovely? I smiled and thought: "Yes it is. It's also a Blackbird, you silly old bat!

bats （ plural ）