English Dictionary

shrapnel

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈʃɹæpnəl/

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞 通常 俗語

(military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.

日本語の意味

第一次世界大戦で使用された、対人攻撃用に設計された砲弾であり、内部に多数の小弾を収め、目標付近でこれらを放出して個々の標的を攻撃するもの

The museum exhibit showcased a rusty shrapnel shell recovered from the battlefield, its rows of tiny bullets still visible.

博物館の展示には戦場で回収された錆びたシュラプネル弾が飾られており、小さな弾粒の列がいまだに見えていた。

意味（1）

(military, historical) An anti-personnel artillery shell used in World War I which carries a large number of individual bullets close to the target and then ejects them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike the target individually.

意味（2）

(military, historical) The bullets from the aforementioned type of artillery shell.

意味（3）

(military) A collective term for shot, fragments, or debris thrown out by an exploding shell, bomb or landmine.

意味（4）

(slang) Loose change.

I was waiting in the queue, looking at the board / Wondering whether to have a burger or chips / Or what the shrapnel in my back pocket could afford

意味（5）

Debris.

The dog ate my sandwich, and there was shrapnel all over the place from him tearing open the bag.

shrapnels （ plural ）