English Dictionary

pylon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpaɪ.lɒn/

名詞

歴史的

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple. / (electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.

日本語の意味

１．古代エジプトの神殿などで内部へ通じる門としての役割を持つ構造物、２．高電圧電力ケーブルを支持するために設置される塔状の構造物

Archaeologists carefully examined the inscriptions on the pylon guarding the entrance to the inner sanctuary of the ancient Egyptian temple.

考古学者たちは、古代エジプトの神殿の内陣へと続く入口を守る門に刻まれた碑文を注意深く調査した。

意味（1）

A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.

意味（2）

(electricity) A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.

The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.

意味（3）

(aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.

意味（4）

(aviation, historical) A starting derrick for an aeroplane.

意味（5）

(aviation, historical) A post, tower, etc. as on an aerodrome, or flying ground, serving to bound or mark a prescribed course of flight.

意味（6）

An obelisk.

The Washington Monument is often described as an obelisk, and sometimes even as a “true obelisk,” even though it is not. A true obelisk is a monolith, a pylon formed out of a single piece of stone.

意味（7）

A traffic cone.

意味（8）

(American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.

意味（9）

(medicine) A rigid prosthesis for the lower leg.

McKenzie uses a pylon for all above knee amputees, and orders a permanent leg when function merits it.

pylons （ plural ）