bearing
bear + -ing
/icons/point.icon BEARING, DEPORTMENT, DEMEANOR, MIEN, MANNER, CARRIAGE mean the outward manifestation of personality or attitude.
BEARING is the most general of these words but now usually implies characteristic posture.
e.g. a woman of regal bearing
DEPORTMENT suggests actions or behavior as formed by breeding or training.
e.g. your deportment was atrocious
DEMEANOR suggests one's attitude toward others as expressed in outward behavior.
e.g. the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter
MIEN is a literary term referring both to bearing and demeanor.
e.g. a mien of supreme self-satisfaction
MANNER implies characteristic or customary way of moving and gesturing and addressing others.
e.g. the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders
CARRIAGE applies chiefly to habitual posture in standing or walking.
e.g. the kind of carriage learned at boarding school
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noun
1. in singular a person's way of standing or moving: 人の立ち方や動き方
〖単数形で〗物腰, 態度, 立ち居ふるまい
e.g. a man of precise military bearing.:軍隊の精密な動き方をする男
the way one behaves or conducts oneself: 人の振る舞い方
e.g. she has the bearing of a First Lady.: 彼女はファーストレディとしての立ち居振る舞いを持っている。
2. relation; relevance: 関係; 関連
〖単数形で〗 «…との» 関連, 関係; 影響 «on, upon»
e.g. the case has no direct bearing on the issues.: そのケースはそれらの問題とは直接的な関係はない。
3. the level to which something bad can be tolerated: 悪いことが我慢できるレベル
我慢, 忍耐(力)
e.g. school was bad enough, but now it's past bearing.: 学校は十分に悪かったが、今では忍耐力を超えている。
4. a part of a machine that bears friction, especially between a rotating part and its housing.: 特に回転部とそのカバーの間にある、摩擦に耐える機械の一部
〖通例～s〗 〘機〙 軸受け, ベアリング; 支持物 〘建〙
a ball bearing.: 玉軸受け
5. the direction or position of something, or the direction of movement, relative to a fixed point. It is usually measured in degrees, typically with magnetic north as zero: 何かの方向や位置、もしくは固定された点に関連した動きの方向。通常は度数で計測され、概して磁北をゼロとする。
〘測量〙 方位, 方角
e.g. the Point is on a bearing of 015°.: そのポイントは方位015度にある。
(one's bearings) awareness of one's position relative to one's surroundings: 人の状況に関連する立場の認識
〖通例～s〗 (自分の)位置, 方向; (自分の置かれた)立場
e.g. he rose unsteadily to his feet and tried to get his bearings.: 彼は不安定に立ち上がり、自分の置かれた立場を把握しようとした。
rise to one's feet: 立ち上がる
6. Heraldry a device or charge: 意匠や盾に入れられた紋章
〖～s〗 盾の紋章
e.g. armorial bearings.: 紋章
7. Architecture a structural part that supports weight, such as a wall that supports a beam.: 梁を支える壁のような、重さを支える構造的な部分
the point at which a structural part rests upon a supporting structure, such as the specific area of a beam that rests upon a wall.: 壁にかかっている梁の特定の範囲のような構造にかかっている構造的な部分のポイント