English Dictionary

tandem

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtæn.dəm/

名詞

比喩的用法

A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer.

日本語の意味

2頭以上の牽引動物（通常は牽引用馬）により順に牽引され、前頭の動物のみが操舵するタイプの馬車や車両

The antique tandem, a carriage pulled by two draught horses harnessed one behind the other, creaked along the cobblestone street.

その古い、一列に繋がれた二頭立ての馬車は石畳の通りをきしみながら進んだ。

意味（1）

A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals (generally draught horses) harnessed one behind the other, both providing the pulling power but only the animal in front able to steer.

Mr. Foker was no more like a gentleman now than in his school days: and yet Pen felt a secret pride in strutting down High Street with a young fellow who owned tandems, talked to officers, and ordered turtle and champagne for dinner.

意味（2）

(transferred sense) A bicycle or tricycle in which two people sit one behind the other, both able to pedal but only the person in front able to steer.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A group of two or more people, machines etc. working together; close collaboration.

意味（4）

(education) A method of language learning based on mutual exchange, where ideally each learner is a native speaker in the language the other person wants to learn.

Spanish and English tandem learners discuss the meaning of a given word in a semi-structured conversation.

tandems （ plural ）