English Dictionary

yo-yo

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈjəʊ.jəʊ/

名詞

くだけた表現

A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.

日本語の意味

糸を巻いて、手首の動きで上手く降ろしたり巻き上げたりして遊ぶ玩具。軸に円形の溝があり、その溝に糸が巻かれている。

She taught her little brother how to perform a tricky loop with his new yo-yo.

彼女は弟に、新しいヨーヨーでトリッキーなループをする方法を教えた。

意味（1）

A toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.

I bought a yo-yo from the toy store yesterday.

意味（2）

(finance) A volatile market that moves up and down.

意味（3）

(informal) Someone who vacillates.

意味（4）

(aviation, military) A dogfighting maneuver involving the attacker temporarily exchanging altitude for airspeed, or vice versa, in order to rapidly catch up with the defender or to prevent an overshoot.

意味（5）

(sewing) A cloth rosette formed by gathering the outside edge of a circle of fabric in toward the centre using a running stitch.

意味（6）

(informal) A foolish, annoying or incompetent person.

It is hard to watch the management for very long and not conclude that the place is run by a bunch of yo-yos.

yo-yos （ plural ）