embarrasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɒmbəˈɹɑː/

名詞

embarras (countable and uncountable, plural embarras) (now rare)

1. Embarrassment; confusion, uncertainty. [from 17th c.]
   • 1906, Henry James, letter, 17 November:

     I […] envy & sympathise—being in all sorts of embarrass now, myself, over the finish of many things.

2. An embarrassment; an obstacle or hindrance. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

     [O]ne day in his way to the opera, his chariot was stopped by an embarras in the street, occasioned by two peasants, who having driven their carts against each other, quarrelled, and went to loggerheads on the spot.

3. Embarrassment; intense social awkwardness. [from 18th c.]
4. (historical, Canada, US) A clump of driftwood obstructing a waterway. [from 19th c.]

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