English Dictionary

Pearl Harbor

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/

動詞

頻度副詞 受動態 俗語 稀用

(often passive, slang) To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack. / (often passive, slang, rare) To take rudely by surprise.

日本語の意味

奇襲する（不意に攻撃する） / 不意打ちをする（急襲する）

They planned to Pearl Harbor the convoy at dawn, hoping to sink the supply ships before anyone could react.

彼らは夜明けに護送船団を奇襲し、誰も反応する前に補給船を沈めようと計画していた。

意味（1）

(often passive, slang) To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.

The first and second ships had been successfully Pearl Harbored. The third was not to be surprised. As we approached, she dropped her net and fled. We pursued.

意味（2）

(often passive, slang, rare) To take rudely by surprise.

If I had quit two houses sooner than I did all would have been well but since I didn't, I got Pearl Harbored by some big kid dressed up in a Ben Cooper Howdy Doody plastic outfit and a goofily grinning mask […]

Pearl Harbors （ present singular third-person ）

Pearl Harboring （ participle present ）

Pearl Harbored （ participle past ）

Pearl Harbored （ past ）