English Dictionary

GI

形容詞

略語 別表記 イニシャリズム 比較不可 アメリカ英語

(military) Initialism of general issue. Given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart.

日本語の意味

軍隊で標準的に支給または使用される装備品や手続きを指す（民生用品との区別がなされる） / 軍用の一般規格や、兵士に与えられる物品・装備としての意味

The sergeant inspected every soldier's GI canteen before the march.

軍曹は行進の前に、各兵士に支給された水筒を点検した。

意味（1）

(military) Initialism of general issue. Given to a soldier by the army (as an item), rather than brought from home; or used by the army (as a procedure), and different from its civilian counterpart.

Soldiers counted cadence by chanting: “GI brush / And GI comb / Gee, I wish that I was home!”

意味（2）

(medicine) Initialism of gastrointestinal.

I was queasy after my upper GI series, but it far outshone the lower one.

意味（3）

(US) Initialism of government issue.