English Dictionary

hair

IPA（発音記号）

/hɛə/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用 俗語

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

日本語の意味

皮膚の毛包から生える、ケラチンでできた色素を含む繊維状の構造（毛髪）

She found a long hair on the collar of her coat and carefully removed it.

彼女はコートの襟に長い髪の毛を見つけ、そっと取り除いた。

意味（1）

(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.

意味（2）

(uncountable) The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

意味（3）

(zoology, countable) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.

意味（4）

(botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

意味（5）

(countable) Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

(uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

意味（6）

(countable, engineering, firearms) A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

意味（7）

(obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.

She, ful devout and humble in hir corage, / Under hir robe of gold, that sat ful faire, / Hadde next hir flessh yclad hir in an haire.

意味（8）

(countable) Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

意味（9）

(slang, uncountable) Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.

Having said all that, those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case. There is a lot of hair on that policy.

hairs （ plural ）