English Dictionary

antipodes

IPA（発音記号）

/ænˈtɪp.əˌdiz/

名詞

不可算名詞 イギリス英語 古語 広義 比喩的用法 活用形 複数形

The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point. / The Southern Hemisphere. / (UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.

日本語の意味

与えられた地点に対して地球の反対側に位置する場所 / 南半球 / （英国では、現在はあまり用いられない）オーストラリアおよびニュージーランド

I used an online tool to find that the antipodes of my hometown are located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

私はオンラインツールを使って、自分の故郷の対蹠地が太平洋の真ん中にあることを知った。

意味（1）

The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.

We should hold day with the Antipodes, If you would walk in absence of the sun.

意味（2）

The Southern Hemisphere.

[…]a delighted shout from the children swung him toward the door again. His sister, Mrs. Gerard, stood there in carriage gown and sables, radiant with surprise. ¶ Phil! You! Exactly like you, Philip, to come strolling in from the antipodes—dear fellow! recovering from the fraternal embrace and holding both lapels of his coat in her gloved hands.

意味（3）

(UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.

意味（4）

(figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.

The sleepy yet shrewd judge was the antipodes to confidence, but to Don Manuel he felt no hesitation in frankly stating his actions and their motives, from his first arrival in Spain to the present time.

意味（5）

plural of antipode