English Dictionary

reef

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹiːf/

動詞

オーストラリア英語 前置詞句 俗語

(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. / (Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.

日本語の意味

【航海用語】風力に合わせて帆の一部を巻き上げ、帆の大きさを調整する / 【オーストラリア英語】乗馬時などに、馬を強く引っ張る、激しく引っ張る

As the squall approached, the crew had to reef the mainsail quickly.

突風が近づくと、乗組員は主帆を素早く縮めなければならなかった。

意味（1）

(nautical) To take in part of a sail in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind.

When the day arrived that the boy was to be skipper, the weather was calm and fine, but he called all men to reef sails, so the ship had scarcely any sail on her.

意味（2）

(Australia) To pull or yank strongly, especially in relation to horse riding.

And when the Cup came on he stirred them up ′round the barrier and he flew out of the barrier and he pulled and reefed and pulled and reefed and Lewis didn′t let him settle down until about three furlongs from home and when he did settle the horse was all out of stride and he went back through the field a fair bit.

意味（3）

(nautical, of paddles) To move the floats of a paddle wheel toward its center so that they will not dip so deeply.

Reef the paddles.

意味（4）

(slang) To manipulate the lining of a person's pocket in order to steal the contents unnoticed.

This was done by reefing. He put two fingers just inside the opening and lifted the lining a trifle. Although I watched his hands, I could feel nothing, so gently did his fingers work. Reefing a couple of times, he lifted my handkerchief, as he might have taken out anything else.

reefs （ present singular third-person ）

reefing （ participle present ）

reefed （ participle past ）

reefed （ past ）