English Dictionary

fire-eater

名詞

比喩的用法 アメリカ英語 歴史的

A performer who pretends to swallow fire. / (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. / (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

日本語の意味

火噴き芸人（火を飲む芸人：パフォーマンスとして火を噴く人物） / 喧嘩っ早い、または好戦的な人物（比喩的な意味） / （米国歴史的な用法）南北戦争前の南部派の過激支持者

The fire-eater dazzled the crowd with a dramatic display of flame swallowing at the winter festival.

火を飲み込む曲芸師は、冬祭りで劇的な芸で観客を魅了した。

意味（1）

A performer who pretends to swallow fire.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person.

But he is a regular fire eater! He's a bad man—a blamed bad man! fluttered Danny Griswold. That's right, nodded Lewis Little. He really wants to fight with swords, I believe.

意味（3）

(US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

Frustrated in their attempts to change the law, fire-eaters turned their efforts to breaking it.

fire-eaters （ plural ）