English Dictionary

wheelhouse

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʍiːlˌhaʊs/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 広義 語義由来 比喩的用法

The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.

日本語の意味

自動車などの車輪を囲むように配置された、部分的に覆われた構造物。通常、フェンダーパネルの一部が外側へ伸びる形で構成される部分を指す。

The mechanic inspected the rust forming around the wheelhouse before deciding whether to patch or replace the entire fender.

整備士はフェンダー全体を補修するか交換するかを決める前に、タイヤハウスの周りにできた錆を点検した。

意味（1）

The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.

This invention relates to an improved device for hanging the body of carriages having a so-called cut-under or wheel-house, such as a common rockaway, extension-top phaeton, coupé-rockaway, &c., … Applied to a horse-drawn carriage.

意味（2）

An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.

Captain Waterman was on the wheel-house at the time of the explosion, attending to the landing of passengers from the small boat. He noticed a movement over the boilers, and immediately jumped or was thrown upon the forward deck. He was somewhat bruised, but not seriously injured.

意味（3）

The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.

PLATE XXVII.—Details of the Paddle Wheel of the Steamboat North America. Fig. 1, shows the outside framing of the paddle-box, or as it is frequently termed, the wheel-house; also an elevation of the paddle-wheel, shewing the arrangement of the buckets, arms, centre-plate, &c.

意味（4）

(archaeology) A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.

Most Celtic houses in Britain were simply constructed. They were generally round as in the remains of the house at Little Woodbury in Wiltshire, the wheelhouse at Jarlshof in Shetland, or the house on an unenclosed platform at Greenknowe in Berwickshire. … The roof of the Greenknowe house was conical. It had rafters fanning outwards from a high top, like the spokes of an umbrella. You can see why it is called a wheelhouse. The rafters were held at their lower ends on a horizontal ring of timber that rested on vertical posts with Y-shaped tops.

意味（5）

(Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.

The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.

意味（6）

(Canada, US, figuratively) A person's area of authority or expertise.

Horse viruses are in Pat’s wheelhouse.

wheelhouses （ plural ）