English Dictionary

ping pong

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪŋˌpɒŋ/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 イギリス英語 古風

Table tennis. / (figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.

日本語の意味

卓球 / （比喩的に）物事が行われ物事が往復する様子や、何かが行き来する現象

After work, we played ping pong in the break room until someone called us back to our desks.

仕事の後、休憩室で卓球をしていると、誰かにデスクへ戻るよう呼ばれました。

意味（1）

Table tennis.

Our correspondent seems to hope that the unclean, playing Ping-Pong with the clean, will become unpleasantly conscious of his uncleanness and reform.

意味（2）

(figuratively) An instance of figuratively bouncing something or someone back and forth.

To be conscious is to be subject to just such a ping-pong of recurring nervous activities that effect muscle tone on one side and brain discharge on the other.

意味（3）

(UK politics) The exchange of proposed amendments between the two Houses of Parliament, particularly at the end of a session when compromises have to be made to complete the legislative process within the limited time available.

意味（4）

(dated) A size of photograph a little larger than a postage stamp.

As only bust or half-length figures are all the ping pong photographer attempts, only one or two small plain backgrounds is all that is necessary. Generally two are used, a light one and a dark one.

意味（5）

(music) A small, shallow steelpan drum.

Most ping pongs were 35- to 45-gallon drums. The larger drum had room for more notes; the tones were also louder and clearer and could be sustained longer.

ping pongs （ plural ）