English Dictionary

starfish

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. / (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）ヒトデのように腕を広げる、またはヒトデ状になる / （他動詞）対象をヒトデのような、広がった形にする

After hours of swimming she decided to starfish on the warm sand, limbs splayed in every direction.

何時間も泳いだ後、彼女は暖かい砂の上でヒトデのように手足を四方に広げて寝転んだ。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

Oh you damn bastard, why won't you let anybody love you, and then, before I could stop her, she threw herself between us and the glowing suitcase, starfishing in the blaze of light as he blew up.

意味（2）

(transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

The sea roared up her nostrils, tunnelled into her ears, and flung her forward, then back, the current pulling her fingers apart, starfishing her hands.

starfishes （ present singular third-person ）

starfishing （ participle present ）

starfished （ participle past ）

starfished （ past ）