English Dictionary

roulette

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹuːˈlɛt/

名詞

不可算名詞 比喩的用法 可算名詞

(uncountable) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

日本語の意味

カジノなどで行われる、赤と黒に分かれた数字が記された円形の盤上で小さな球を回転させ、その球が止まった位置によって賭けの結果が決まる運試しのゲーム。

Even though she knew the odds were against her, she nervously placed her bet as the roulette wheel spun.

確率が不利だと分かっていても、彼女は緊張しながら賭けをして、ルーレットのホイールが回るのを見守った。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.

意味（2）

(uncountable, figuratively) An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).

Doctors and health officials said that the WRC-TV documentary, DPT: Vaccine Roulette, emphasized the risks of the vaccine while ignoring the dangers of the disease, which has been almost wiped out in this country.

意味（3）

(countable) A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.

意味（4）

(countable) A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.

意味（5）

(countable, geometry) The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.

意味（6）

(philately) Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.

意味（7）

A cylindrical curler for the hair.

roulettes （ plural ）