English Dictionary

twister

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtwɪstə(ɹ)/

名詞

口語 古風 イギリス英語

One who twists. / One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving. / The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.

日本語の意味

ねじる人、捻る役割を持つ人 / 織物において、経糸と緯糸を交差させるために糸を捻じる作業を行う人 / ねじる作用を持つ、またはねじるための器具

The twister skillfully coiled the ropes into intricate knots for the sculpture.

ねじり職人は彫刻のために縄を器用に巻いて複雑な結び目を作った。

意味（1）

One who twists.

意味（2）

One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

意味（3）

The instrument used in twisting, or making twists.

He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.

意味（4）

A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.

意味（5）

(colloquial) A tornado.

意味（6）

(carpentry) A girder

意味（7）

(dated) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

意味（8）

(Britain, colloquial) A crook, a villain.

“I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”

意味（9）

A species of libellulid dragonfly, Tholymis tillarga, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.

意味（10）

The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

twisters （ plural ）