English Dictionary

minus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmaɪnəs/

形容詞

比較不可 口語 廃用 後置詞

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. / That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale. / (colloquial, obsolete) Worse off than before; out of pocket.

日本語の意味

負の量または欠乏や減少を示す状態を表す / スケール上でゼロを下回る値を示す / （口語的または古語で）以前に比べて状況が悪化していることを表す

The forecast predicted a cold snap with temperatures dropping to minus ten degrees overnight.

予報では夜間に気温がマイナス10度まで下がる寒波が来るとされていた。

意味（1）

Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction.

a minus number

意味（2）

That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale.

minus seven degrees

意味（3）

(colloquial, obsolete) Worse off than before; out of pocket.

The races being finished, we left Epsom for London, Mordaunt's natural vile temper not being at all improved by being three hundred pounds minus by the week's speculation […] .

意味（4）

(postpositive) Ranking just below (a designated rating).

He got a grade of B minus for his essay.