English Dictionary

hulk

IPA（発音記号）

/hʌlk/

名詞

古語 広義 比喩的用法

(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.

日本語の意味

（古語）輸送用の大型船 / （一般的に）操作が困難な大型船

The old hulk sat anchored in the harbor, its timbers creaking as cargo was loaded for the long voyage.

古びた大型の輸送船が港に停泊しており、木製の船体がきしむ音を立てながら長い航海のために貨物が積み込まれていた。

意味（1）

(archaic) A large ship used for transportation; (more generally) a large ship that is difficult to manoeuvre.

Light boates ſaile ſwift, though greater hulkes draw deepe.

意味（2）

(by extension) A non-functional but floating ship, usually stripped of equipment and rigging, and often put to other uses such as accommodation or storage.

They could see the lighthouse shining on Quarantine Island, and the green lights on the old coal hulks.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A large structure with a dominating presence.

The sturdy trunk of Central Park Tower is rising nearby – a great glass hulk that will soon steal the crown for the most vertiginous residences on the planet.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A big (and possibly clumsy) person.

意味（5）

(bodybuilding) An excessively muscled person.

hulks （ plural ）