English Dictionary

crock

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹɒk/

名詞

イギリス英語 カナダ英語 アメリカ英語 可算名詞 俗語 不可算名詞 軽蔑的

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. / A piece of broken pottery, a shard. / (UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

日本語の意味

陶器製の壺や土器製の容器 / 割れた陶器の破片 / （英国用法）年齢、病気、または怪我により身体が制限されている人

She kept the homemade pickles in an old crock on the pantry shelf.

彼女は自家製のピクルスをパントリーの棚の上にある古い陶器の壺に入れて保存していた。

意味（1）

A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.

Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain.

意味（2）

A piece of broken pottery, a shard.

意味（3）

(UK) A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.

old crocks’ home ― home for the aged

意味（4）

(UK) An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).

old crocks race ― veteran car rally

意味（5）

(slang, Canada, US, countable and uncountable) Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.

That's a bunch of crock.

意味（6）

A low stool.

I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand.

意味（7）

(medical slang, derogatory) A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.

1959, Kenneth Hammond and Fred Kern, Teaching Comprehensive Medical Care, OCLC 257902219, page A: Well, yes. Nobody likes crocks. Q: Why not? A: They're a nuisance. There is nothing ever wrong with them and they are even so peculiar they never have diseases other people do.:

crocks （ plural ）