English Dictionary

rivet

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɪvət/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets. / (transitive) To install rivets. / (transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of. / (transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.

日本語の意味

リベットを使って部品を固定する / リベットを取り付ける / 注意を引きつける / しっかりと固定する

The engineer will rivet the steel plates together before the welders arrive.

エンジニアは溶接工が到着する前に鋼板をリベットで留めるでしょう。

意味（1）

(transitive) To attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

意味（2）

(transitive) To install rivets.

意味（3）

(transitive, figuratively) To command the attention of.

1912 October, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Tarzan of the Apes”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., OCLC 17392886; republished as chapter 6, in Tarzan of the Apes, New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, 1914, OCLC 1224185, page The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely — strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing — what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.:

意味（4）

(transitive, figuratively) To make firm or immovable.

Terror riveted him to the spot.

rivets （ present singular third-person ）

riveting （ participle present ）

rivetting （ participle present ）

riveted （ participle past ）

riveted （ past ）

rivetted （ participle past ）

rivetted （ past ）