flak

IPA（発音記号）

/flæk/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 くだけた表現

Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells. / Anti-aircraft shell fire. / (figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism. / (informal) A public-relations spokesperson.

日本語の意味

地上から発射される対空砲による砲撃（爆薬入り砲弾を使用する） / 対空砲による砲撃 / （比喩的表現として、非公式に）激しい批判や非難 / （非公式な用法で）広報担当者やスポークスパーソン

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The bomber took a sharp turn to avoid the dense flak bursting from the ridge below.

爆撃機は、尾根の下にある地上の高射砲からの激しい砲火を避けるために急旋回した。

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意味（1）

Ground-based anti-aircraft guns firing explosive shells.

[…] to consider whether the city was in February 1945 an undefended city within the meaning of the 1907 Hague Convention, it will be necessary to examine the establishment and subsequent total dispersal of the city's flak batteries, before the date of the triple blow.

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意味（2）

Anti-aircraft shell fire.

At 1057 we were just over the islands and at 1100 the tail gunner reported flak at six o'clock, below.

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意味（3）

(figuratively, informal) Adverse criticism.

There’s always been a built-in backlash against big-scale caprices like Raiders of the Lost Ark from people who think that $20 million should be spent on more than entertainment for its own sake. Raiders may also get flak for not being as cuddly-lovable as Star Wars, or for using those old reliables – the Nazis – as villains, or for dazzling the audience with an almost brazen self-confidence.

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意味（4）

(informal) A public-relations spokesperson.

AIM head, Reed Irvine's diatribes are frequently published, and right-wing network flaks who regularly assail the “liberal media,” such as Michael Ledeen, are given Op-ed column space, sympathetic reviews, and a regular place on talk shows as experts.

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flaks （ plural ）