English Dictionary

fallout

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɔːlaʊt/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 稀用

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

日本語の意味

大規模な工業活動、火山噴火、砂嵐、核爆発などの結果、空気中に浮遊していた微小な粒子が大量に地面に降下する現象

After the volcanic eruption, residents were evacuated downwind because the fallout threatened to contaminate crops.

火山の噴火の後、風下の住民は空中の粒子が降り注いで作物を汚染するおそれがあるとして避難させられた。

意味（1）

The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

It was 5 February 2010 and Safdar had already dealt with the fallout of one explosion that day: an hour before, a motorbike laden with explosives had slammed into a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession.

意味（2）

The particles themselves.

On 26 April 1986 the reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant located in the Soviet Union near Pripyat in Ukraine exploded. Further explosions and the resulting fire sent a plume of highly radioactive fallout into the atmosphere and over an extensive geographical area.

意味（3）

A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism (title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D.)http://www.jewishworldreview.com

意味（4）

(rare) A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.

意味（5）

(rare) The person who declines such an offer.

意味（6）

(radio, television, broadcasting) An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.

fallouts （ plural ）