English Dictionary

Cinderella

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌsɪndəˈɹɛlə/

名詞

限定用法 軽蔑的 稀用

(by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl. / (attributive) Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.

日本語の意味

虐げられ貧困にあえぐ少女（シンデレラの物語に基づく比喩表現） / 不遇の状態から突然成功を収めるもの（例としてシンデレラ・チーム）

At the boarding house, Maria felt like a Cinderella, overlooked at every meal and left to scrub the floors alone.

下宿ではマリアは虐げられた貧しい少女のように感じ、食事のたびに無視され、ひとりで床を磨かされた。

意味（1）

(by analogy) A mistreated and impoverished girl.

意味（2）

(attributive) Something rising unexpectedly from obscurity to success, as a Cinderella team.

意味（3）

(attributive) Something neglected and denied resources, as a Cinderella service.

A very early example of this can be seen in the case of the Midland Main Line (MML). At the start of 1982, this was the Cinderella of the InterCity portfolio but building more High Speed Trains (HSTs) to replace 90mph trainsets was out of the question. During 1982-83, Bleasdale shuffled his HST pack by taking sets from the Eastern and Western Regions and allocated these to the MML.

意味（4）

(philately) A stamp or stamp-like label issued for purposes other than postal administration, not issued by a central government, or not listed in most general catalogues.

意味（5）

(rare, derogatory) A woman employed to clean, especially to remove ash from stoves and fireplaces.

Cinderellas （ plural ）