t-allとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /tɔːl/, [tʰoːɫ]
  • (Northumbria) IPA: /taːl/
• (General American) IPA: /tɔl/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /tɑl/
• 韻: -ɔːl

形容詞

tall (comparative taller, superlative tallest)

1. (of a person) Having a vertical extent greater than the average. For example, somebody with a height of over 6 feet would generally be considered to be tall.

   Antonym: short

   Being tall is an advantage in basketball.

   • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:

     Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, […] , and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.

   • 2000, Robert Bingham, Lightning on the Sun, page 34:

     He′d been packed in with all the other journos, standing out only in that he was taller than most and didn′t make as much noise.

2. (of a building, etc.) Having its top a long way up; having a great vertical (and often greater than horizontal) extent.

   Synonym: (less common) high

   Antonyms: low, low-rise, short

   Tall trees, at least about 30m high.

   • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 55:

     To him it seemed that the Bornean rainforests, the tallest on Earth, were places that had: 'remained untouched and unchanged since remote geological epochs[.]'

3. (of a story) Hard to believe, such as a tall story or a tall tale.
   • 1870, The Cornhill Magazine, volume 21, page 9:

     "That's tall talk."
     "Not an inch taller than the truth."

4. (chiefly US, of a cup of coffee) Smaller than grande, usually 8 ounces (~ 230 ml).

   Coordinate terms: grande, venti

5. (obsolete) Obsequious; obedient.
6. (obsolete) Seemly; suitable; fitting, becoming, comely; attractive, handsome.
7. (obsolete) Bold; brave; courageous; valiant.
8. (archaic) Fine; proper; admirable; great; excellent.

派生語

派生した語

• → Welsh: tal

名詞

tall (plural talls)

1. (possibly nonstandard) Someone or something that is tall.
   • 1912, George Francis Atkinson, Botany for High Schools, Henry Holt and Company:

     But in the second generation of hybrids (from seed of the first) talls and dwarfs were both present, and in the proportion of twelve talls to four dwarfs.

   • 2009, Arianne Cohen, The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life from on High, page 197:

     The industries that best accommodate talls are those that have faced personal injury lawsuits.

   • 2018 June 5, Chris Robinson, “Fremantle Dockers defender Alex Pearce faces fitness test on injured ankle”, in The West Australian‎:

     Fremantle remains unsure about the status a pair of key talls ahead of a defining clash with Adelaide at Optus Stadium.

2. A clothing size for taller people.

   Do you have this in a tall?

3. A tall serving of a drink, especially one from Starbucks, which contains 12 ounces.

参照

• “tall”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.