English Dictionary

attachment

IPA（発音記号）

/əˈtæt͡ʃmənt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching. / A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something. / A dependence, especially a strong one.

日本語の意味

（物理的または比喩的な）付着・取り付けの行為または過程 / 誰かまたは何かに対する強い絆や愛着 / 特に強い依存

Her attachment of the new shelf took longer than expected because the wall was uneven.

彼女が新しい棚を取り付ける作業は、壁がでこぼこしていたため予想より時間がかかった。

意味（1）

The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.

The “implantation window” is a short, specific phase during which attachment of the blastocyst occurs.

意味（2）

A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

意味（3）

A dependence, especially a strong one.

Through every other kind of drug experience, however, ran his attachment to alcohol.

意味（4）

A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.

Zimchenko's phone had a tape attachment, […]

意味（5）

The means by which something is physically attached.

[The umbilical cord is] the attachment connecting the fetus with the placenta.

意味（6）

(computing) A file sent along with a message, usually an email.

意味（7）

(law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

attachment of earnings

意味（8）

(meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.

2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

attachments （ plural ）