プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
ひかえ【控え】
❶〔物や兵力の予備〕a reserve;〔予備の人員〕a man on the reserve list ⇒よび(予備)
我がチームには控えの選手が何人かいる
Our team has several reserve [backup/substitute] players.
控えの選手になりたくない
I don't want to be a benchwarmer.
❷〔順番待ち〕
控え力士がじっと土俵を見つめていた
The sumo wrestlers awaiting their bouts stared up intently at the ring from their seats 「just below [around the edge].
❸〔覚え書き〕a note; a memo ⇒おぼえがき(覚え書き)
手帳にこの前の会議の控えを取っておいた
I took notes of the last meeting in my pocket notebook.
他の局長へ控えを送る
send a memorandum to the other department heads
❹〔写し〕a (duplicate) copy, a duplicate;〔受取証などに付いた〕 《米》 a stub,《英》 a counterfoil
受領証の控え
a duplicate copy of a receipt
書類の控えを取る
make a copy [duplicate] of a document
控え室
〔次の間〕an anteroom;〔待合室〕a waiting room
控え帳
a notebook