understrokeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

under- +‎ stroke

発音

• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)stɹəʊk/
• (verb) IPA^(key): /ʌndə(ɹ)ˈstɹəʊk/

名詞

understroke (複数形 understrokes)

1. A lower or underlining stroke in writing.

動詞

understroke (三人称単数 現在形 understrokes, 現在分詞 understroking, 過去形および過去分詞形 understroked)

1. (transitive) To underline or underscore.
   • 1733 March 20, Jonathan Swift, letter to Catherine Hyde

     You have understroked that offensive word, to show it should be printed in italic.

形容詞

understroke (not comparable)

1. Being or relating to an upstrike typewriter.

   Coordinate term: frontstroke

   • 2021, Steve Hickey, Second Tolstoy: The Sermon on the Mount as Theo-tactics

     Later in his life Tolstoy was given a Remington understroke typewriter but his spirituality did not incline him to use labor-saving machines.