English Dictionary

zapper

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈzæp.ə(ɹ)/

名詞

口語 広義 比喩的用法 俗語

(colloquial) A remote control for a television. / (colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes. / (colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.

日本語の意味

テレビのリモコン（カジュアルな用法）」 / 電気で感電または感電させる装置（電撃を与えるもの） / 比喩的に、何かを消し去るもの、根絶するもの

Could you pass me the zapper so I can lower the volume before the movie starts?

映画が始まる前に音量を下げたいので、リモコンを渡してくれますか？

意味（1）

(colloquial) A remote control for a television.

The news is starting on the other channel; hand me the zapper.

意味（2）

(colloquial) A device that electrifies or electrocutes.

Miranda is not the sort of person to carry a zapper but she has an oar that would cause a dog a lot more grief if it caught it full on.

意味（3）

(colloquial, figuratively, by extension) Anything that exterminates.

If games are your life, the choice of a joystick is desperately important. Casual alien-zappers can get by with the cheapest generic Taiwanese clone-stick […]

意味（4）

(slang) A microwave oven.

I hate to spoil your microwave testimonial, but they were actually cooked in the regular oven this morning and just re-heated in the zapper.

zappers （ plural ）