English Dictionary

deacon

動詞

アメリカ英語 俗語

(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir. / (US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

日本語の意味

聖歌隊の指揮者が、一行または二行ずつ朗読しながら合唱を導くこと。 / （アメリカにおける畜産用語として）生まれたばかりの仔牛を間もなく殺すこと。

At the morning service he deaconed the hymn, speaking one or two lines at a time so the choir would sing them.

午前の礼拝で彼は讃美歌を一、二行ずつ朗唱して合唱団に歌わせた。

意味（1）

(Christianity, music) For a choir leader to lead a hymn by speaking one or two lines at a time, which are then sung by the choir.

意味（2）

(US, animal husbandry) To kill a calf shortly after birth.

意味（3）

(US, slang) To place fresh fruit at the top of a barrel or other container, with spoiled or imperfect fruit hidden beneath.

The blanc mange was lumpy, and the strawberries not as ripe as they looked, having been skilfully 'deaconed'.

意味（4）

(US, slang) To make sly alterations to the boundaries of (land); to adulterate or doctor (an article to be sold), etc.

deacons （ present singular third-person ）

deaconing （ participle present ）

deaconed （ participle past ）

deaconed （ past ）