English Dictionary

last roundup

名詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現 婉語

(chiefly US, idiomatic) A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization. / (chiefly US, idiomatic, euphemistic) Death.

日本語の意味

（米国の口語表現で）一連の集まりやイベントの最終的な集会や締めくくりの催し / （米国の口語表現で婉曲的に）死

They planned the last roundup of volunteers this weekend to assemble supplies for the relief effort.

彼らは救援活動のための物資を集めるべく、今週末にボランティアの最後の総集結を計画した。

意味（1）

(chiefly US, idiomatic) A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.

It's last roundup time, my fellow grocery patrons. On Saturday, the receipt redemption programs operated by Giant Food and Safeway ended after a 5 1/2-month run.

意味（2）

(chiefly US, idiomatic, euphemistic) Death.

So Duke is 66. But don't kid yourself that he's headed for the last roundup—even though it may have looked that way a while back when he surrendered a lung to cancer.

last roundups （ plural ）