頭部への速球
解説 Definition
beamer は、野球やクリケットなどで打者の頭部付近へ飛ぶ速い投球を指す語です。日本語の「ビーマー」は一般には投影機や車名を連想しやすく、この意味で使われる場面は限られます。
A beamer is a dangerously fast ball pitched or bowled near a batter’s head, especially in baseball or cricket. It may force the batter to dodge suddenly and can lead to a warning or penalty.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
beamer は野球やクリケットで、打者の頭の近くへ飛んでくる危険な速球を指します。a beamer の形で使い、打者が急いで身を引き、審判が投手に警告する場面を思い浮かべましょう。日本語で連想しやすい投影機の意味とは区別します。
Link beamer with beam, something imagined as traveling in a straight line like a ray of light. Picture a fast ball beaming directly toward the batter’s head and forcing an immediate step backward. The suffix -er turns beam into a noun for the dangerous delivery in this specialized sports sense. Context matters: outside sport, beamer may informally refer to a projector, and a similarly pronounced informal term can refer to a BMW. Here, clues such as batter, pitcher, bowler, or umpire identify the head-high ball meaning.
例文
The beamer forced the batter to step away quickly.
その頭部への速球で、打者はすばやく身を引きました。
The umpire warned the pitcher after the beamer.
頭部への速球のあと、審判は投手に警告しました。
No one was hurt, but the beamer made the crowd go silent.
けが人はいませんでしたが、その頭部への速球で観客は静まり返りました。
beamer の類義語・関連語
beamer の語源・成り立ち Etymology
beamer は beam + -er からできた語で、beam は古英語 beam に由来し、英語では「光線」のようにまっすぐ進むものも表します。そこからスポーツで「一直線に頭近くへ来る危険な速球」を指すようになりました。関連語は beam, beaming です。
Beamer is built from beam and the noun-forming suffix -er. Beam comes from Old English bēam, originally referring to a tree or a piece of timber, and later developed senses involving a ray or a straight projection. The sports term applies that image of direct, rapid movement to a ball sent dangerously near a batter’s head. Its precise sporting use varies by region and game, particularly between baseball and cricket.
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