English Dictionary

pigtail

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɪɡ.teɪl/

名詞

くだけた表現

Tobacco twisted into a string or roll. / A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head. / (informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.

日本語の意味

タバコをひねってひも状または巻物状にしたもの。 / 編んだ髪型、特に、頭の横に現れる二つの房状の三つ編み。 / （非公式）ツインテールやおさげ髪のスタイルを持つ人。

He bought a pigtail from the old tobacconist and savored its rich, smoky flavor.

彼は古いたばこ屋でねじりたばこを買い、その濃厚でスモーキーな風味を味わった。

意味（1）

Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.

One person […] continued constantly to ply him with the very best pig-tail tobacco, which he had most carefully cut in very small pieces purposely for him.

意味（2）

A braided plait of hair; now especially, either of two braids or "tails" on the side of the head.

Such a filthy spectacle as we presented I have never seen before or since, and it will perhaps give some idea of the almost superhuman dignity of Billali's appearance when I say that, coughing, half-drowned, and covered with mud and green slime as he was, with his beautiful beard coming to a dripping point, like a Chinaman's freshly-oiled pig-tail, he still looked venerable and imposing.

意味（3）

(informal) A person who wears a pigtail or queue.

[…] Chinese, whom he called “pigtails”; or Indians, whom he dismissed as “baboos.”]

意味（4）

(electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.

意味（5）

(botany) The flamingo flower.

意味（6）

The tail of a pig.

意味（7）

(medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.

pigtails （ plural ）