English Dictionary

toboggan

IPA（発音記号）

/təˈbɒɡ.ən/

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 比喩的用法 南部アメリカ英語 バージニア方言 西部方言

A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.

日本語の意味

ランナーがなく、前部が巻き上がった長いそり。コードで引っ張られて雪上を移動したり、丘を滑り降りるのに使われる。

We pulled the old wooden toboggan up the hill, laughing at how fast it flew on the snow.

私たちは古い木製のランナーのない長いそりを丘まで引っ張り、雪の上でどれだけ速く滑ったかに笑い合った。

意味（1）

A long sled without runners, with the front end curled upwards, which may be pulled across snow by a cord or used to coast down hills.

Toboggan has not yet found its Way into the dictionaries, and there are other ways of spelling it.

意味（2）

(Canada, US) A similar sled of wood, pulled by dogs, possibly with steel runners, made to transport cargo.

The old toboggan has been laid aside, and sleighs or waggons dash along the streets.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Something which, once it starts going (figuratively) downhill, is unstoppable until it reaches the bottom.

McGinnity began to hit the toboggan in 1906, after he had pitched his arm off the previous year. Last season his efforts at times were painful.

意味（4）

(Southern US, especially South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia) A knit cap, designed to provide warmth in cold weather.

Suppose we wish to make a pointed cap, such as used to be known as a toboggan cap, from yarn or worsted.

toboggans （ plural ）