mini-cupとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

mini-cup (複数形 mini-cups)

1. Alternative form of minicup
   1. miniature racecar.
      • 1994, Airstream - Issues 5-12, page 3:

        Getting on the racing circuit wasn't as difficult as some of the fire training that Brechl experienced. Brechl said, " I went to a mini-cup race as a spectator in 1995, and was asked if I could substitute for one of the drivers. I had never raced a miniature-sized car before, but ended up beating the track champion. I've been racing ever since."

      • 1997, West Virginia Libraries - Volumes 50-51:

        ... library managed to get the library logo on a mini-cup race car driven by Shelly Morgan at the Ona Speedway

      • 2017 June 16, Taylor DesOrmeau, “Dark Horse Brewing helps Michigan driver hit track again at MIS”, in Michigan Live:

        The 24-year-old competed in his first race at MIS in 2016 in the ARCA Racing Series, finishing 17th. His family sold all their dwarf cars, mini-cup cars and go-karts Baird raced in his young career to go after sponsorship to race in the series.

   2. extra-small cup
      • 1986, Diamond's Economic Journal Industria - Volume 16, page 12:

        This mini-cup ramen is popular as a snack to be given to children between meals. It is also taken for the soup of a casual meal. The demand for the mini-cup is already 10% more than that of the regular cup.

      • 1990, K. S. Subramanian, Govindaraja V. Iyengar, & Kensaku Okamoto, Biological Trace Element Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives:

        The incident light beam was not blocked by the mini-cup, which also facilitates the addition of reagents such as matrix modifiers.

      • 2003, V.C. Nielsen, J.H. Voorburg, & P. L'Hermite, Odour and Ammonia Emissions from Livestock Farming, →ISBN, page 206:

        On both sampling occasions, the odour threshold concentration of exhaust air from the house fitted with mini-cup drinkers was substantially less than that from the house equipped with conventional 'bell' drinkers—see Fig. 1. The rationale for fitting mini-cup drinkers was that it was thought that the mini-cup drinkers would reduce water wastage and hence improve the litter conditions.

2. (sailboat racing) A race that is modeled after, but smaller than, the America's Cup.
   • 1971 March, “Best Test In the West”, in MotorBoating, volume 127, number 3:

     After eliminations in four Southern California areas, the number one teams will race in early February in a mini-cup series.

   • 2000 January-October, “Twelves in St. Maarten”, in Cruising World, volume 26, number 1-10, page 131:

     The pros will instruct you about your position before you set off for the race course in the waters off Phillipsburg for an exciting three-hour mini-cup regatta.