English Dictionary

parlous

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɑːləs/

形容詞

イングランド 未分類 方言 廃用 稀用

Attended with peril; dangerous, risky. / Appalling, dire, terrible. / (rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

日本語の意味

危険を伴う、危険な / 破滅的で恐るべき / 非常に巧妙で狡猾、または並外れて優れた（稀または古い用法）

After the glacier broke apart, the mountaineers were left in a parlous situation with no shelter and dwindling food.

氷河が崩壊した後、登山者たちは避難所もなく食料が乏しい、危険な状況に置かれた。

意味（1）

Attended with peril; dangerous, risky.

The situation became parlous when the weather made resupply impossible.

意味（2）

Appalling, dire, terrible.

Those manning the facility were in a parlous state.

意味（3）

(rare or obsolete, also England, dialectal) Dangerously clever or cunning; also, remarkably good or unusual.

A parlous Boy: go too, you are too ſhrew'd.

more parlous （ comparative ）

most parlous （ superlative ）