English Dictionary

dial

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdaɪ.əl/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 イギリス英語 俗語

A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed). / A clock face. / A sundial.

日本語の意味

計器の目盛り盤（針が動いて測定値を示す円形の文字盤） / 時計の文字盤 / 日時計

She glanced at the dial to check the speed before merging onto the highway.

彼女は高速道路に合流する前に、速度を確認するために速度計の文字盤をちらりと見た。

意味（1）

A graduated, circular scale over which a needle moves to show a measurement (such as speed).

The dial on the dashboard showed the car was nearly out of gas.

意味（2）

A clock face.

意味（3）

A sundial.

意味（4）

A panel on a radio etc showing wavelengths or channels; a knob that is turned to change the wavelength etc.

Turn the dial to Radio 4: my favourite show is on!

意味（5）

A disk with finger holes on a telephone; used to select the number to be called.

His hands were too fat to operate the dial on the telephone.

意味（6）

(UK, Australia, slang) A person's face.

At the sound of the old familiar voice he spun around with something of the agility of a cat on hot bricks, and I saw that his dial, usually cheerful, was contorted with anguish, as if he had swallowed a bad oyster.

意味（7）

A miner's compass.

dials （ plural ）