English Dictionary

skywalker

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈskaɪwɔːkə(ɹ)/

名詞

比喩的用法 特定用法 通常 広義 同上

(specifically) A member of the Mohawk group of Native Americans; especially one who is or was involved in steelworking on tall buildings in New York City.

日本語の意味

モホーク族に属する人物、特にニューヨーク市内の高層ビルの鉄骨工事に従事した（または従事していた）者を指す。

The skywalker told younger relatives stories of the river and the longhouses.

モホーク族の一員が、若い親族たちに川やロングハウスの話をした。

意味（1）

(specifically) A member of the Mohawk group of Native Americans; especially one who is or was involved in steelworking on tall buildings in New York City.

A particularly brave tribe of Native Americans, the Mohawks, have been called skywalkers because of their ability to navigate heights (Hill, 1987). Members of the tribe became particularly well known when they assisted with the building of the Empire State Building and other Manhattan skyscrapers. […] Their membership in these small, tight-knit groups likely promoted bravery among the skywalkers.

意味（2）

(by extension from the previous) Any ironworker working at a height.

意味（3）

One who walks along a skywalk or skyway.

[…] and help individual skywalkers feel at home in their new surroundings. Many times, Seitz said, pedestrians will feel ill at ease on a skywalk at first because they have lost their street corner orientation.

skywalkers （ plural ）