"Those 5-star prospects in the 2021 class seem to fit the modern Southern gentleman’s high school definition of friendship to a tee."From the 2nd paragraph of this article at Dawg Nation.
上記の文で、to a tee の意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "to a tee" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
〈古〉〔適合性などが〕完全に、完璧に、ぴったり上記の英辞郎の訳に〈古〉となっているしCambridge Dictionaryでもold-fashionedと書いてあるが、それにしてはかなり多くの媒体で使用されているので、決して使われていないわけではない。
また、to a Tとも書きます。
Answer
According to The Free Dictionary:Perfectly; completely; exactly. More commonly seen as "to a T."
Examples
- You look beautiful. That color really suits you to a tee.
- You have to make sure the fabric lines up to a tee, or the stitching will start coming out before too long.
- That job would suit you to a tee.
- I had the whole thing planned to a tee. The Sun (2011)
- Open, gritty soil and a warm, sunny spot will suit it to a tee. Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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