English Dictionary

sally

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsæli/

名詞

比喩的用法

A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy. / A sudden rushing forth. / (figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor. / An excursion or side trip.

日本語の意味

包囲された場所から敵に向かって急襲を仕掛ける行動、またはその出撃 / 突然の突進、勢いのある急な前進 / （比喩的に）会話相手を皮肉るなど、機知に富んだ一言、辛口のコメント / 小旅行、寄り道などの外出

The garrison launched a daring sally at dawn to push back the besieging forces.

守備隊は夜明けに果敢な出撃を行い、包囲している敵軍を押し戻した。

意味（1）

A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.

意味（2）

A sudden rushing forth.

Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.

Till then she had never formed an idea of one so gifted and so charming. She listened with astonishment to her companion's gay sallies, and answers, as piquant as they were ready.

意味（4）

An excursion or side trip.

Everyone shall know a country better that makes often sallies into it, and traverses it up and down, than he that […] goes still round in the same track.

意味（5）

A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.

sallies （ plural ）