AWNINGとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔːnɪŋ/

• (General American) IPA: /ˈɔnɪŋ/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈɑnɪŋ/
• 韻: -ɔːnɪŋ

名詞

awning (plural awnings)

1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
   • 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:

     At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.

   • 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Kettering”, in RAIL, number 972, page 56:

     But instead, the distinctive ironwork and glass platform awnings have been carefully refurbished, while making them compatible with the overhead wiring. Kettering's island Platform 2/3 is especially noteworthy. Although it dates from 1879, when the station was enlarged to four platforms, the same original (1857) patterns for the delicate cast-ironwork seem to have been used - […] .

2. (nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.

派生語

関連する語

• canopy

派生した語

• → Malay: awning

アナグラム

• Angwin, waning