at bay

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

前置詞句

慣用表現

(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance. / (set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

日本語の意味

接近できない状態、一定の距離を保たれている / 追い詰められて逃げ場のない状態

英語の意味

(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance. / (set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

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The lighthouse kept the ships at bay during the storm.

嵐の間、灯台は船がこれ以上近づけないようにした。

詳細

意味（1）

(set phrase, idiomatic) Unable to come closer; at a distance.

In that case the enemy himself could have occupied the defences of Corinth and held at bay all the Union troops that arrived.

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意味（2）

(set phrase, idiomatic) Cornered; unable to flee.

The hills, like giants at a hunting, lay / Chin upon hand, to see the game at bay,— / Now stab and end the creature - to the heft!

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