English Dictionary

bellows

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɛl.oʊz/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 比喩的用法

(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows. / (intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.

日本語の意味

ふいごを操作する、ふいごを使って空気を送る / ふいごのように膨らんだりへこんだりする（比喩的に）

At the smithy, the apprentice bellows the forge steadily while the blacksmith shapes the blade.

鍛冶場で、見習いは鍛冶師が刃を形作っている間、炉に空気を送るためにふいごをあおぎ続けている。

意味（1）

(intransitive, transitive) To operate a bellows; to direct air at (something) using a bellows.

[…] I was recommended to the place as a man who could give another man as good as he brought, and I took it. It’s easier than bellowsing and hammering.

意味（2）

(intransitive, figuratively) To expand and contract like a bellows.

[…] [the dogs] sprang up, and, with a grand spraying of the crisp snow as they fleetly clambered up the steep side, they were with us in an incredibly short time, with pink tongues protruding, sides bellowsing, and sterns wagging.

意味（3）

(transitive) To fold up like a bellows; to accordion.

Without being tight […] the boot leg should fit close. The ankle should be supple as a stocking, and “bellowsed” to make sure of suppleness.

bellowses （ present singular third-person ）

bellowsing （ participle present ）

bellowsed （ participle past ）

bellowsed （ past ）