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slugs

/slʌɡz/

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noun

ナメクジ

Any of many terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.

Examples :

""The gardener was annoyed to find slugs eating the leaves of his lettuce plants." "

庭師は、ナメクジがレタスの葉を食べているのを見つけて困惑した。

animal biology nature organism

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noun

怠け者, のろま

A slow, lazy person; a sluggard.

Examples :

"My brother is such a slugs; he never helps with the chores around the house. "

私の兄は本当に怠け者で、家の手伝いを全然しません。

person character

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noun

弾丸、スラッグ

A bullet or other projectile fired from a firearm; in modern usage, generally refers to a shotgun slug.

Examples :

"The hunter loaded his shotgun with slugs for deer season. "

狩人は鹿猟シーズンに向けて、散弾銃にスラッグを装填した。

weapon military

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noun

塊、インゴット

A solid block or piece of roughly shaped metal.

Examples :

"The plumber used several lead slugs to balance the old pipes. "

配管工は古いパイプのバランスを取るために、いくつかの鉛の塊を使用しました。

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noun

偽造コイン、イミテーション

A counterfeit coin, especially one used to steal from vending machines.

Examples :

"Someone used slugs in the vending machine at work, so it's not giving out any snacks. "

職場の自動販売機で誰かが偽造コインを使ったので、おやつが出てきません。

economy finance item machine

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noun

一杯, 一口

A shot of a drink, usually alcoholic.

Examples :

"After a long day at work, he poured himself two slugs of whiskey to relax. "

長い一日の仕事の後、彼はリラックスするためにウイスキーを2杯注いだ。

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noun

見出し、タイトル

A title, name or header, a catchline, a short phrase or title to indicate the content of a newspaper or magazine story for editing use.

Examples :

"The editor asked the intern to double-check the article's slugs before sending it to the printer, ensuring each headline accurately reflected the story's topic. "

編集者は、各見出しが記事のトピックを正確に反映していることを確認するために、印刷業者に送る前にインターンに記事の見出しを再確認するように頼みました。

media writing title communication

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noun

スラッグ、質量の単位

(rarely used) the Imperial (English) unit of mass that accelerates by 1 foot per second squared (1 ft/s²) when a force of one pound-force (lbf) is exerted on it.

Examples :

""Calculating the inertia of large industrial machinery sometimes requires engineers to express mass in slugs, although kilograms are more commonly used." "

大型産業機械の慣性を計算する際、技術者は質量をスラッグで表現することがありますが、キログラムの方がより一般的に使用されます。

mass unit physics technical science

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noun

塊、スラグ

A discrete mass of a material that moves as a unit, usually through another material.

Examples :

"The plumber pulled several slugs of hair and soap from the clogged drain. "

配管工は詰まった排水管から髪の毛と石鹸の塊をいくつか取り出した。

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noun

共に働くアメーバによって形成された、運動性の仮性粘菌

A motile pseudoplasmodium formed by amoebae working together.

Examples :

"After the rain, scientists observed several slugs of amoebae moving across the forest floor, each a mass of individual cells acting as one. "

雨の後、科学者たちは森の地面を移動するアメーバのいくつかの運動性の仮性粘菌を観察し、それぞれが1つとして機能する個々の細胞の塊でした。

organism biology animal

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noun

スラグ

An accessory to a diesel-electric locomotive, used to increase adhesive weight and allow full power to be applied at a lower speed. It has trucks with traction motors but lacks a prime mover.

Examples :

"Because the steep grades made it hard to pull heavy loads, the railroad added slugs to their locomotives to provide more traction at slower speeds. "

急勾配で重い荷物を引くのが難しかったため、鉄道会社は低速での牽引力を高めるために機関車にスラグを追加しました。

vehicle machine technical industry energy electric

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noun

黒味画面

(television editing) A black screen.

Examples :

"The film editor used slugs to create pauses between scenes. "

フィルム編集者は、シーンの間にポーズを作成するために黒味画面を使用しました。

media technology

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noun

活字、スラッグ

A piece of type metal imprinted by a linotype machine; also a black mark placed in the margin to indicate an error; also said in application to typewriters; type slug.

Examples :

"The printer used slugs to fill the extra space at the end of each line in the newspaper column. "

プリンターは、新聞のコラムの各行の末尾にある余分なスペースを埋めるために活字を使用しました。

type writing media technology machine word technical job

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noun

相乗りする人

A stranger picked up as a passenger to enable legal use of high occupancy vehicle lanes.

Examples :

"During rush hour, people waiting near the highway entrance offered rides so they could find slugs to fill their cars and use the HOV lane. "

ラッシュアワーの間、高速道路の入り口付近で待っていた人々は、相乗りする人を見つけて車をいっぱいにし、HOVレーンを利用できるように、相乗りを提案しました。

vehicle traffic job

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ヒッチハイカー

(District of Columbia) A hitchhiking commuter.

Examples :

"Every morning near the Pentagon, a line of slugs waits for drivers to pick them up to use the HOV lane. "

毎朝、ペンタゴンの近くで、ヒッチハイカーたちがHOVレーンを利用するために、ドライバーが迎えに来るのを待っています。

traffic person job

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noun

スラッグ、URLの末尾部分

The last part of a clean URL, the displayed resource name, similar to a filename.

Examples :

""Instead of a long number, the website used 'chocolate-cake' as the slug for the URL of the chocolate cake recipe." "

長い数字の代わりに、ウェブサイトはチョコレートケーキのレシピのURLに「chocolate-cake」をスラッグとして使用しました。

internet computing

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noun

妨げ, 障害

A hindrance, an obstruction.

Examples :

"Poor internet connection speeds can be real slugs when trying to watch a movie online. "

インターネット接続速度が遅いと、オンラインで映画を観ようとするときに、本当に障害になります。

negative situation

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noun

のろい船

A ship that sails slowly.

Examples :

"The slugs in our container ship fleet cause delays because they take so long to cross the ocean. "

当社のコンテナ船隊ののろい船は、大洋を渡るのに時間がかかるため、遅延を引き起こします。

nautical sailing vehicle

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verb

がぶ飲みする, 飲み干す

To drink quickly; to gulp; to down.

Examples :

"After the long race, the thirsty runner slugged down a bottle of water. "

長いレースの後、喉が渇いたランナーは水のボトルをがぶ飲みした。

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verb

相乗りする

To take part in casual carpooling; to form ad hoc, informal carpools for commuting, essentially a variation of ride-share commuting and hitchhiking.

Examples :

"Because the bus was late, I decided to slug to work and quickly found three other people heading downtown who needed a passenger to use the carpool lane. "

バスが遅れたため、私は相乗りで仕事に行くことにし、ダウンタウンに向かう他の3人を見つけ、相乗りレーンを使用する乗客が必要でした。

vehicle communication traffic society economy

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verb

変形する

(of a bullet) To become reduced in diameter, or changed in shape, by passing from a larger to a smaller part of the bore of the barrel.

Examples :

"The bullet slugs as it traveled through the barrel of the rifle. "

弾丸はライフルの銃身を通過する際に変形する。

weapon technical military

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verb

のろのろ動く, だらける, ぐずぐずする

To move slowly or sluggishly; to lie idle.

Examples :

"After a big lunch, the students usually slug through the afternoon classes. "

昼食の後、生徒たちは午後の授業をだらだらと過ごすことが多い。

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verb

スラッグを込める

To load with a slug or slugs.

Examples :

"to slug a gun"

銃にスラッグを込める。

technical action

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verb

鈍らせる, 活気をなくす

To make sluggish.

Examples :

"The heavy lunch really slugged me, and I had trouble staying awake during the afternoon meeting. "

昼食を食べ過ぎて体が鈍り、午後の会議中は起きているのが大変でした。

physiology action

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殴打、パンチ

A hard blow, usually with the fist.

Examples :

"The boxer delivered two powerful slugs to his opponent's jaw. "

ボクサーは相手の顎に強烈なパンチを2発浴びせた。

action body sport war

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殴る, 強打する

To hit very hard, usually with the fist.

Examples :

"He insulted my mother, so I slugged him."

彼は母を侮辱したので、私は彼を殴った。

action sport war body