English Dictionary

backstop

名詞

俗語 古風

A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support. / A default arrangement that holds if all else fails. / (baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.

日本語の意味

後方に補強、支援、支持役として配置される物または人。 / 最終手段として用意されたデフォルトの取り決め。 / (野球) ホームプレートの背後にある壁またはフェンス。

The crew placed a heavy backstop behind the fragile crate to prevent it from sliding during transport.

作業員は、輸送中に壊れやすい箱が滑るのを防ぐため、その後ろに頑丈な後部の支えを置いた。

意味（1）

A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.

意味（2）

A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.

Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar, this morning, said a time-limited backstop would be unacceptable, and has previously promised to vote down the UK’s Brexit withdrawal deal unless it features a satisfactory backstop.

意味（3）

(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.

意味（4）

(baseball slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.

意味（5）

(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.

意味（6）

(cricket, dated) The longstop.

意味（7）

(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.

意味（8）

(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.

[…] to be set up in Indonesia with a phony book and school supplies company established in New York City as a backstop.

backstops （ plural ）