English Dictionary

oar

IPA（発音記号）

/ɔː/

名詞

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

日本語の意味

櫂：船を漕ぐために使用される道具。—柄の一方にフラットな刃が付いており、漕ぐ者がその柄を引くことで水をかいて船を推進させる機構となっている。

She gripped the oar and pulled, feeling the boat surge forward with each stroke.

彼女は櫂を握って漕ぎ、漕ぐたびに船が前方へ勢いよく進むのを感じた。

意味（1）

A type of lever used to propel a boat, having a flat blade at one end and a handle at the other, and pivoted in a rowlock atop the gunwale, whereby a rower seated in the boat and pulling the handle can pass the blade through the water by repeated strokes against the water's resistance, thus moving the boat.

意味（2）

An oarsman; a rower.

He is a good oar.

意味（3）

(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.

oars （ plural ）