English Dictionary

wooden spoon

名詞

慣用表現 古風 アメリカ英語

A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation. / (idiomatic) An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.

日本語の意味

料理の準備に用いる木製のスプーン / （慣用句として）競技で最下位だった者に贈られる、皮肉を込めた賞

She stirred the sauce carefully with a wooden spoon to avoid scratching the pan.

彼女は鍋を傷つけないように、木製のスプーンでソースを慎重にかき混ぜた。

意味（1）

A spoon made from wood, commonly used in food preparation.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.

意味（3）

(Cambridge University slang, dated) The last junior optime who takes a university degree.

We submit that a wooden spoon of our day would not be justified in calling Galileo and Napier blockheads because they never heard of the differential calculus.

意味（4）

(US, university slang, dated) The lowest appointee of the junior year; sometimes, one especially popular in his class, without reference to scholarship. Formerly, it was a custom for classmates to present to this person a wooden spoon with formal ceremonies.

wooden spoons （ plural ）