English Dictionary

dry powder

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire / (finance) cash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.

日本語の意味

消火器に入っている消火用の粉末 / （金融）緊急時に備えて手元に準備された現金または現金同等物

The firefighter warned that the dry powder could obscure visibility while suppressing the blaze.

消防士は、その消火用粉末が火を消す間に視界を遮る可能性があると警告した。

意味（1）

A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire

意味（2）

(finance) cash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.

Private equity firms were sitting on more than $1 trillion in dry powder at the end of 2011.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dry, powder.

dry powders （ plural ）