English Dictionary

doughnut

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈdəʊˌnʌt/

名詞

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A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.

日本語の意味

揚げた生地やバッターから作られる菓子で、一般的に穴が開いたリング状のもの、または平らに伸ばされ中にジャム、カスタード、またはクリームが詰められた形状のもの

He bought a warm chocolate-glazed doughnut from the bakery on his way to work.

彼は出勤途中にパン屋で温かいチョコレートグレーズのかかったドーナツを一つ買った。

意味（1）

A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal (a ring doughnut) shape, often mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings; or flattened sphere (a filled doughnut) shape filled with jam, custard or cream.

The soldiers, drawn up in hollow square—how apt is this word hollow, when applied to men who have fasted, in view of promised doughnuts!—received the procession, which consisted of music, then the ladies, then the doughnuts.

意味（2）

(attributive) A circular life raft.

He put on the life jacket and began paddling around. A doughnut life raft popped up out of the ocean in front of him.

意味（3）

(physics) A toroidal vacuum chamber.

In about 1951, the same company sealed into their vacuum doughnuts the regenerative peelers so that X-ray beams or electron beams could be obtained with the sealed off commercial tubes used in […]

意味（4）

(Canada, US) A peel-out or skid mark in the shape of a circle; a 360-degree skid.

意味（5）

A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full-sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.

意味（6）

A kind of tyre for an airplane.

The advantage of the doughnuts was that they spread the weight of the aeroplane over a much larger area of ground, causing less damage to grass, and making them less prone to bogging down in wet conditions.

意味（7）

(slang) A vulva; (by extension) a woman's virginity.

When I was at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art . . . there was a lady student there — and I had designs on her doughnut

意味（8）

(Britain, colloquial) A foolish or stupid person.

You fucking doughnut, of course you don't microwave a salad!

doughnuts （ plural ）