English Dictionary

counterpart

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkaʊntəˌpɑːt/

名詞

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another. / (law) A duplicate of a legal document. / One who or that which resembles another.

日本語の意味

互いに補い合う2つの部分の一方、すなわち対応物や相補対象となるもの。 / 法律において、正本と対となる複製された文書。 / 他のものと似通った、対象となる存在や類似するもの。

The bolt's counterpart was a precisely threaded nut that completed the assembly.

ボルトに対応する部品は、組み立てを完成させる精密にねじ切られたナットでした。

意味（1）

Either of two parts that fit together, or complement one another.

Those brass knobs and their hollow counterparts interlock perfectly

意味（2）

(law) A duplicate of a legal document.

意味（3）

One who or that which resembles another.

意味（4）

One who or that which has corresponding functions or characteristics.

Its incompleteness in this respect makes the timetable of less value than some of its Continental counterparts, such as the French Horaires Mayeux; nevertheless, it is fair value at 5s.

意味（5）

(paleontology) Either half of a flattened fossil when the rock has split along the plane of the fossil.

counterparts （ plural ）