shirt-tail background

shirt-tail

/ˈʃɜːrˌteɪl/ /ˈʃɜːrtˌteɪl/

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

シャツの裾

The single or split (then rather plural) bottom part of a shirt, below the waist, especially in the back, which, when not tucked into trousers or other vestment, hangs over the wearer's tail-end, like a tail.

Examples :

"The boy's shirt-tail was flapping in the breeze as he ran to catch the bus. "

男の子のシャツの裾が風になびき、バスに間に合うように走った。

body part wear item appearance

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

末端、周辺

(by extension) The tail-end or periphery of something.

Examples :

"The small town lived on the shirt-tail of the city's booming economy, benefiting from the spillover of jobs and opportunities. "

その小さな町は、都市の好景気な経済の末端で生活し、仕事と機会の波及効果から恩恵を受けていた。

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

薄い繋がり

A tenuous connection.

Examples :

"Although she claimed distant royal ancestry, the only evidence was a very thin shirt-tail of a family legend and a common last name. "

彼女は遠い王族の血筋を主張したが、唯一の証拠は、家族の伝説と一般的な名字との薄い繋がりだった。

abstract aspect

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

遠い親戚関係

A distant kinship.

Examples :

""Although they share the last name O'Connell, their connection is only a shirt-tail, dating back several generations." "

彼らはオコンネルという姓を共有していますが、彼らのつながりは遠い親戚関係に過ぎず、数世代前に遡ります。

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

ほんの少しの部分

A small portion

Examples :

"He only caught a shirt-tail of the conversation, just enough to know his name was mentioned. "

彼は会話のほんの少しの部分しか聞き取れなかったが、自分の名前が言及されたことはわかった。

Illustration shirt-tail - Image 1

noun

些細なもの、取るに足りないもの

Something small and unimportant.

Examples :

"His contribution to the project was just a shirt-tail; the real work was done by others. "

彼のプロジェクトへの貢献は些細なものでした。実際の作業は他の人たちによって行われました。

value thing aspect