English Dictionary

prowess

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹaʊɪs/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity. / (uncountable) Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism. / An act of adroitness or dexterity.

日本語の意味

熟練した技術や器用さ / 特に戦闘における卓越した勇気や英雄的行動

The artisan's prowess was evident in every delicate inlay and perfectly fitted joint of the cabinet.

職人の腕前は、キャビネットの繊細な象嵌やぴったり合った継ぎ目のすべてに表れていた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Skillfulness and manual ability; adroitness or dexterity.

When in liquor he would make foolish wagers. On one of these too frequent occasions he was boasting of his prowess as a pedestrian and athlete, and the outcome was a match against nature. For a stake of one sovereign he undertook to run all the way to Coventry and back, a distance of something more than forty miles.

意味（2）

(uncountable) Distinguished bravery or courage, especially in battle; heroism.

That libertie Poets of late in their invectives have exceeded: they have borne their ſword up where it is not lawfull for a poynado, that is but the page of proweſſe, to intermeddle.

意味（3）

An act of adroitness or dexterity.

I recollect hearing […] of his [Sir William Hamilton's] simple, independent, meditative habits, ruggedly athletic modes of exercise, fondness for his big dog, etc. etc.: […] I did not witness, much less share in, any of the swimming or other athletic prowesses.

意味（4）

An act of distinguished bravery or courage; a heroic deed.

Thenne the batails approuched and ſhoue and ſhowted on bothe ſydes / many men ouerthrowen / hurte / & ſlayn and grete valyaunces / proweſſes and appertyces of werre were that day ſhewed […]

prowesses （ plural ）