English Dictionary

strain

IPA（発音記号）

/stɹeɪn/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 廃用

The act of straining, or the state of being strained. / A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles. / An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

日本語の意味

力むこと、あるいはその状態、体や筋肉が極度に緊張している状態 / 過度で痛みを伴う力の行使、無理な努力または負荷のかかりすぎた状態 / 激しい力がかかった結果として生じる怪我、特に筋肉や腱の捻挫

The strain of juggling work and childcare left her exhausted.

仕事と育児の両立による負担で彼女は疲れ果てていた。

意味（1）

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent,[…]. This trend will put additional strain not only on global energy resources but also on the environmental prospects of a warming planet.

意味（2）

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

he jumped up with a strain

意味（3）

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley.

意味（4）

(uncountable, engineering) A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

意味（5）

(obsolete) The track of a deer.

When they have shot a Deere by land, they follow him like bloud-hounds by the bloud, and straine, and oftentimes so take them.

strains （ plural ）