English Dictionary

mole

IPA（発音記号）

/məʊl/

名詞

稀用 歴史的

(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water. / (rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

日本語の意味

巨大な石造りの構造物。水域を隔てる場所同士を結ぶための埠頭、桟橋、または防波堤として用いられる。 / （稀に）そのような防波堤によって保護された、安全な停泊場所や港（避難港）。

The fishermen tied their boats to the old mole before the storm arrived.

漁師たちは嵐が来る前に古い桟橋に船を係留した。

意味（1）

(nautical) A massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater or junction between places separated by water.

[Alexander the Great] then conceived the stupendous idea of constructing a mole, which should at once connect [Tyre] with the main land; and this was actually accomplished by driving piles and pouring in incalculable quantities of soil and fragments of rock; and it is generally believed, partly on the authority of ancient authors, that the whole ruins of Old Tyre were absorbed in this vast enterprize, and buried in the depths of the sea …

意味（2）

(rare) A haven or harbour, protected with such a breakwater.

意味（3）

(historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.

moles （ plural ）