English Dictionary

tumbleweed

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtʌmbəlwiːd/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 限定用法

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as Russian thistle, witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.

日本語の意味

秋になると根から離れ、風に乗って転がる植物。具体例として、ロシアンシッスル、ウィッチグラス、ワイルドインディゴ、Amaranthus albus（白アマランサス）などが挙げられる。

A solitary tumbleweed rolled across the deserted highway, clattering softly against the guardrail.

根元から離れて秋に風に吹かれ、軽い塊となって野や草原を転がる植物が一つ、人けのない高速道路を横切り、ガードレールにカラカラと当たった。

意味（1）

Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as Russian thistle, witch grass, wild indigo, Amaranthus albus, etc.

意味（2）

(attributive) Describing unwanted silence and inactivity. Often used of a situation when one makes a statement that is ignored or ill-received by one's audience, as the resultant silence is likened to that of a desolate desert with rolling tumbleweeds.

Putting an ad in the local paper that Spock's Beard and Arena are in town will get you a tumbleweed response and some wasted revenue.

意味（3）

A tan colour, like that of a tumbleweed.

tumbleweed:

tumbleweeds （ plural ）