English Dictionary

reliever

名詞

古風 俗語

(chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.). / (baseball) A relief pitcher. / Someone who fills in for another. / (slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out.

日本語の意味

痛みなどを和らげるもの（主に医薬品の場合に使われる） / 救援投手（野球における代わりに登板する投手） / 誰かの代役として務める人物 / （古い俗語で）貸し出し用として保管している衣服

The pharmacist recommended a mild reliever for her persistent headache.

薬剤師は彼女の持続的な頭痛に対して軽い鎮痛剤を勧めた。

意味（1）

(chiefly medicine) Something which relieves (pain, etc.).

Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever.

意味（2）

(baseball) A relief pitcher.

The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth.

意味（3）

Someone who fills in for another.

I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break.

意味（4）

(slang, dated) A garment kept for being lent out.

Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.

relievers （ plural ）