English Dictionary

shifter

名詞

古風 歴史的 ペンシルベニア方言 アメリカ英語

One who, or that which, shifts or changes. / (linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis. / (dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

日本語の意味

1. 変化や移動を起こすものまたは人 / 2. （言語学）文脈により意味が変わる語 / 3. （古い用法）策略やごまかしを行う者

The shifter moved through the crowd unnoticed, altering its appearance with every passing glance.

その変化する存在は群衆の中を目立たずに移動し、見るたびに姿を変えていた。

意味（1）

One who, or that which, shifts or changes.

意味（2）

(linguistics) A word whose meaning changes depending on the situation, as by deixis.

The cigarette is analogous to what linguists call a shifter, like the word I ; this device for expressing the irreducible particularity of my innermost self is universally available to every speaker and is thus the least particular thing in the world. The smoker manipulates the cigarette, like the word I, to tell stories to him/herself about him/herself — or to an other.

意味（3）

(dated) One who plays tricks or practices artifice; a cozener.

'Twas ſuch a ſhifter, that if truth were known, / Death was half glad when he had got him down;

意味（4）

(nautical) An assistant to the ship's cook in washing, steeping, and shifting the salt provisions.

意味（5）

(engineering) An arrangement for shifting a belt sidewise from one pulley to another.

意味（6）

(engineering, textiles) A wire for changing a loop from one needle to another, as in narrowing, etc.

意味（7）

(cycling) A component used by the rider to control the gearing mechanisms and select the desired gear ratio, usually connected to the derailleur by a mechanical actuation cable.

意味（8）

A spanner with an adjustable jaw size.

意味（9）

(mining, historical) A person employed to repair the horseways and other passages, and keep them unobstructed.

意味（10）

(US, Pennsylvania) A switcher or shunter: a railroad locomotive used for shunting.

意味（11）

(mythology, science fiction, fantasy) A shape-shifter, or a person or other being capable of changing their physical form.

意味（12）

(erotica) A genre of erotica focusing on lycanthropes or other shapeshifters, such as werewolves.

意味（13）

A person who changes the reality their consciousness resides in, through meditation or other means.

shifters （ plural ）