English Dictionary

turnstile

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɜːnstaɪl/

名詞

A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

日本語の意味

公共施設や交通機関の出入口で、通行者の通過を制御し、その数を計測するために用いられる、回転式の機械装置（料金支払い後に通行が許可される）」

She hesitated at the turnstile, fumbling for her ticket as the commuter rush behind her grew impatient.

彼女は回転式改札機の前でためらい、切符を探してもたつくと、後ろの通勤客が苛立ち始めた。

意味（1）

A rotating mechanical device that controls and counts passage between public areas, especially one that only allows passage after a charge has been paid.

The fare was fixed at 2d., irrespective of distance, and was paid by passengers on passing through turnstiles at each station.

意味（2）

A similar device in a footpath to allow people through one at a time while preventing the passage of cattle.

意味（3）

(mathematics, logic) The ⊢ symbol used to represent logical entailment (deducibility relation), especially of the syntactic type; i.e., syntactic consequence. (Such symbol can be read as "prove(s)" or "give(s)". )

turnstiles （ plural ）