English Dictionary

gap

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡæp/

名詞

オーストラリア英語 医学・薬学

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting. / An opening allowing passage or entrance. / An opening that implies a breach or defect. / A vacant space or time.

日本語の意味

破損や分割によって生じた開口部、すなわち隙間や穴 / 通路や入口としての役割を持つ開いた部分 / 破損や欠陥を伴う開口、すなわちひび割れや抜け穴 / 空いている部分や間隔、または空白な時間や空間

She noticed a narrow gap in the fence where the boards had split.

彼女は、板が割れてできた柵の狭い隙間に気づいた。

意味（1）

An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.

He made a gap in the fence by kicking at a weak spot.

意味（2）

An opening allowing passage or entrance.

We can slip through that gap between the buildings.

意味（3）

An opening that implies a breach or defect.

There is a gap between the roof and the gutter.

意味（4）

A vacant space or time.

I have a gap in my schedule next Tuesday.

意味（5）

A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.

I'm taking a gap.

意味（6）

A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.

Their departure has left a gap in the workforce.

意味（7）

A mountain or hill pass.

The exploring party went through the high gap in the mountains.

意味（8）

(Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).

At Birling Gap we can stop and go have a picnic on the beach.

意味（9）

(baseball) The regions between the outfielders.

Jones doubled through the gap.

意味（10）

(Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.

Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.

意味（11）

(Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.

意味（12）

(genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.

gaps （ plural ）