English Dictionary

bear

IPA（発音記号）

/bɛə(ɹ)/

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法 アメリカ英語 俗語 口語

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

日本語の意味

クマ：大型で雑食性の哺乳類。犬やアライグマに近い仲間で、体毛がもじゃもじゃしており、尾が非常に短く、足が平らな特徴を持ち、ウルスィダエ（熊科）に属する動物。

We heard a bear rustling in the bushes near the campsite last night.

昨夜、キャンプ場の近くの茂みでクマがガサガサと音を立てているのを聞いた。

意味（1）

A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.

意味（2）

(cooking, uncountable) The meat of this animal.

We had barbecued bear for dinner.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.

意味（4）

(finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.

This accompt has been made to appear a bull accompt, i.e. that the bulls cannot take their stock. The fact is the reverse; it is a bear accompt, but the bears, unable to deliver their stock, have conjointly banged the market, and pocketed the tickets, to defeat the rise and loss that would have ensued to them by their buying on a rising price on the accompt day […]

意味（5）

(CB radio, slang, US) A state policeman (short for smokey bear).

'The bear's pulling somebody off there at 74,' reported someone else.

意味（6）

(gay slang) A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.

1990, Bears, gay men subculture materials (publication title, Human Sexuality Collection, Collection Level Periodical Record):

意味（7）

(engineering) A portable punching machine.

意味（8）

(nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.

意味（9）

(cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.

意味（10）

(colloquial, US) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.

That window can be a bear to open.

bears （ plural ）