English Dictionary

spoon

IPA（発音記号）

/spuːn/

名詞

古語 俗語 くだけた表現 比喩的用法 アメリカ英語

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle. / An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.

日本語の意味

食事や盛り付けに用いられる、柄が直線的なすくうための器具。 / 調理中に食材を混ぜるために使用される、特に木製のものも含む調理器具。

She stirred her tea with a spoon before taking a sip.

彼女は一口飲む前にスプーンで紅茶をかき混ぜた。

意味（1）

An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.

He must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

意味（2）

An implement for stirring food while being prepared; a wooden spoon.

意味（3）

A measure that will fit into a spoon; a spoonful.

While Ms. Fly was with Sharon in the kitchen, Sharon asked the defendant for a “spoon of drugs.” Defendant refused and stated that he did not know where drugs could be obtained.

意味（4）

(golf, archaic) A wooden-headed golf club with moderate loft, similar to the modern three wood.

意味（5）

(slang) An oar.

To this class college rowing offers no attractions or place, nor are they generally looked upon by the artists of the spoons as a desirable addition […]

意味（6）

(fishing) A type of metal lure resembling the concave head of a tablespoon.

意味（7）

(dentistry, informal) A spoon excavator.

意味（8）

(figuratively, slang, archaic) A simpleton, a spooney.

To get all the advantages of being with men of this sort, you must know how to draw your inferences and not be a spoon who takes things literally.

意味（9）

(US, military) A safety handle on a hand grenade, a trigger.

意味（10）

(slang) A metaphoric unit of finite physical and mental energy available for daily activities, especially in the context of living with chronic illness or disability.

We therefore have to meticulously plan out each day with the small amount of spoons we have. Each task will cost us at least one spoon.

spoons （ plural ）