English Dictionary

leatherette

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌlɛðəˈɹɛt/

名詞

未分類 限定用法 可算名詞 不可算名詞 俗語

(countable, uncountable, also attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather. / (countable, slang) A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather.

日本語の意味

人工皮革、合成皮革（本物の革を模して作られたプラスチック製やその他の合成素材の生地） / （スラング）革や人工皮革の衣服を好んで着用する人

He repaired the torn leatherette on the motorcycle seat before the long trip.

彼は長距離の旅の前に、オートバイのシートの破れた合成皮革を修理した。

意味（1）

(countable, uncountable, also attributively) A type of fabric, often plastic, made to imitate the appearance of leather.

Many attempts have been made to supply a material to take the place of leather on cheap books, but hitherto nothing has been quite successful. … Such a material has apparently appeared in the form of Leatherette, which is a kind of felted paper, very tough, the same colour throughout, and which may be grained to imitate leather; indeed, the imitation is so close, both in appearance and in feel, that only a practised eye can perceive that it is not leather.

意味（2）

(countable, slang) A person who dresses in leather or imitation leather.

The NYU tarts and the club slime, the art holes and the once-a-week bridge-and-tunnel leatherettes, the spikes and the usual dregs and walking garbage, Eel was giving them all the hiss.

leatherettes （ plural ）