English Dictionary

cannibalise

動詞

イギリス英語 他動詞

(transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species. / (transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.

日本語の意味

同一種の他の個体の一部（または部位）を食べること / 機械などの部品を取り外し、他の同じような機械で再利用すること

During the famine, some of the survivors were forced to cannibalise the dead to survive.

飢饉の間、生存者の何人かは生き延びるために死者を食べることを強いられた。

意味（1）

(transitive) To eat (parts of) another of one's own species.

The female black widow spider is known to cannibalise the male.

意味（2）

(transitive) To remove parts of (a machine, etc) for use in other similar machines.

According to our correspondent, at least one of the Type 2s has had to be cannibalised to facilitate repairs, as spares are often in short supply.

意味（3）

(transitive, business) To reduce sales or market share (for one of one's own products) by introducing another.

iPad mini to cannibalize 1M full-size iPad sales.

意味（4）

Rework old material; rehash.

When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land), Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with.

cannibalises （ present singular third-person ）

cannibalising （ participle present ）

cannibalised （ participle past ）

cannibalised （ past ）