English Dictionary

damper

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdæmpɚ/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語

A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

日本語の意味

暖炉、ストーブ、炉などの空気の流れ（ドラフト）を調節するための、可動式の羽板またはバルブ。

She closed the damper halfway to control the stove's draught and keep the room warm.

彼女はストーブの煙突の調節弁を半分閉めて、通気を調整し部屋を暖かく保った。

意味（1）

A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air.

意味（2）

A contrivance (sordine), as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.

意味（3）

Something that kills the mood.

Nor did Sabrina′s presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities.

意味（4）

A device that decreases the oscillations of a system.

意味（5）

(mechanical engineering) A shock absorber.

In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.

意味（6）

(chiefly New Zealand, Australia) Bread made from a basic recipe of flour, water, milk, and salt, but without yeast.

The farm-men usually bake their flour into flat cakes, which they call dampers, and cook these in the ashes.

dampers （ plural ）