English Dictionary

frigate

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfɹɪɡ.ət/

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.

日本語の意味

歴史的な意味では、速力と操縦性を重視して建造された帆船形式の軍艦を指し、通常は上部に高い構造物がなく、船首が平らで側面が外側に傾斜している特徴がある。

The battered frigate cut through the dawn fog, its sails snapping as it pursued the merchant convoy.

傷ついたフリゲート（帆走軍艦）は夜明けの霧を切り裂き、護送船団を追うと帆がぱたぱたと音を立てた。

意味（1）

(historical) A sailing warship (of any size) built for speed and maneuverability; typically without raised upperworks, having a flush forecastle and tumblehome sides.

意味（2）

(historical) A sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling and blockading duties, but not considered large enough for the line of battle.

意味（3）

(historical) A warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, supplementing and superseding sailing ships of the line at the beginning of the development of the ironclad battleship.

意味（4）

(historical) A escort warship, smaller than a destroyer, introduced in World War 2 as an anti-submarine vessel.

意味（5）

A modern type of warship, equivalent in size or smaller than a destroyer, often focused on anti-submarine warfare, but sometimes general purpose.

意味（6）

(fictional) A warship or space warship, inspired by one of the many historic varieties of frigate.

Frigates are light escort and scouting vessels. They often have extensive GARDIAN systems to provide anti-fighter screening for capital ships, and carry a squad of marines for security and groundside duty. Unlike larger vessels, frigates are able to land on planets.

意味（7）

A frigatebird (Fregata spp.).

These frigates are all so lazy, that they perch by day on the trees, at the edge of the sea, awaiting the other birds […]

frigates （ plural ）