English Dictionary

dead set

名詞

広義 比喩的用法

(hunting) The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter. / A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.

日本語の意味

猟犬が獲物を指し示す際にとる硬直した姿勢 / 障害または妨げにより生じる固定状態または行き詰まり

The setter went into a dead set, its tail stiff and body tense as it pointed toward the concealed grouse.

セッターは硬直したポイント姿勢に入り、尾をピンと張り、体を緊張させて隠れたライチョウを指していた。

意味（1）

(hunting) The rigid pose a hunting dog assumes when pointing out game to a hunter.

The judge at the dog show took points off the Irish setter's dead set because its right ear twitched a few times.

意味（2）

A fixed or stationary condition arising from obstacle or hindrance; a deadlock.

to be at a dead set

意味（3）

(figuratively, by extension) A determined effort.

I might not graduate first in my class, but I'll make a dead set at it.

意味（4）

A pointed and persistent attack on a person.

The result was that everyone made a dead set on Collins. It was the same in conversation. When he put his head in everyone turned on him. He was roared down unmercifully, with the inevitable result that he lost his temper.

dead sets （ plural ）