English Dictionary

tombstone

IPA（発音記号）

/tuːmstəʊn/

動詞

イギリス英語 自動詞 他動詞

(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

日本語の意味

英国において（自動詞として）tombstoning（トゥームストーニング）に参加する、すなわち崖やその他の高所から飛び降り、垂直に水面に突入する行為を行う

At the old limestone cliffs, a group of teenagers tombstone into the bay, dropping straight into the water and emerging laughing.

古い石灰岩の崖で、若者のグループが崖から入り江に垂直に飛び込んで、着水して笑いながら出てくる。

意味（1）

(UK, intransitive) To take part in tombstoning: to jump into the sea, etc. from a cliff or other high point so as to enter the water vertically straight.

意味（2）

(surfing) For a surfboard to stand upright half-submerged in the water (like a tombstone, above) because the surfer is underwater with his or her legrope pulled tight. Often this indicates a surfer in difficulty, either held down by the power of a wave or unconscious and unable to get to the surface.

Before the contest even started, Slater went down hard in a warmup session. He took a two-wave hold-down in the semifinals, his board tombstoning eerily for all to see, […]

意味（3）

(transitive, computing, Microsoft Windows) To replace (an object or data) with a tombstone marker.

One of the many improvements in Windows 2000 WINS (and NT4 SP4) is the capability to selectively delete or tombstone records.

tombstones （ present singular third-person ）

tombstoning （ participle present ）

tombstoned （ participle past ）

tombstoned （ past ）