English Dictionary

aluminum shower

名詞

比喩的用法 直訳 古風

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aluminum, shower. / (figuratively, aviation) The result of a midair collision of two aircraft.

日本語の意味

通常用法: 'aluminum'（アルミニウム）の意味と 'shower'（シャワー）の意味をそれぞれ参照。つまり、文字通りアルミニウム製の装置や素材に関連したシャワーとしての用法。 / 比喩的用法（航空用語）: 2機の航空機が空中衝突した結果、アルミニウムの破片などがまるでシャワーのように降り注ぐ現象。

We installed an aluminum shower in the tiny cabin to prevent rust and reduce weight.

小さな小屋には、錆を防ぎ軽量化のためにアルミニウム製のシャワーを取り付けました。

意味（1）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see aluminum, shower.

Five o'clock the next morning found T. B. and myself already in the bathroom. For the whole school of some three hundred boarders, there were only about thirteen open standing aluminum showers and about eight buckets to be used in turns

意味（2）

(figuratively, aviation) The result of a midair collision of two aircraft.

As his screen displayed the falling and fragmenting wreckage of two aircraft that had collided at 2,650 ft. three miles northeast of Lindbergh Field, he muttered, Jesus Christ, an aluminum shower.

意味（3）

(literally) A party or similar event at which aluminum household items are given, as for a wedding.

A delightful evening was spent Wednesday, May 27th, when an aluminum shower was given to Miss Alice Strycker at her home, 1907 Baker Street, San Francisco, to celebrate her approaching marriage.

意味（4）

(figuratively, dated) An event at which people give household items made of aluminum to the war effort.

The Office of Production Management, the OPM, has directed the Office of Civilian Defense to conduct an Aluminum Shower. In other words, we are to collect all the available old aluminum in order to turn it over to the Government.

aluminum showers （ plural ）