MERCURYとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɜː.(ɹ)kjʊ.ɹi/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɝ.kjə.ɹi/, /ˈmɝ.k(ə)ɹ.i/

固有名詞

Mercury

1. (astronomy) The first planet in the Solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
   • 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 1:

     Thou, first of the children of men, art come to Mercury, where thou and I will journey up and down for a season to show thee the lands and oceans, the forests, plains, and ancient mountains, cities and palaces of this world, Mercury, and the doings of them that dwell therein.

2. (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger, wearing winged sandals; the Roman counterpart of the Greek god Hermes.

同意語

• (astronomy, astrology): ☿

派生語

参考

• planets of the Solar System: Mercury · Venus · Earth · Mars · Jupiter · Saturn · Uranus · Neptune

名詞

Mercury (plural Mercuries)

1. (obsolete, alchemy, chemistry) Quicksilver, mercury. (No longer capitalized, as the name of the metal is no longer recognized as that of the planet.)
2. (archaic) A carrier of tidings.
   1. A newsboy, a messenger. [16th–19th c.]
   2. A footman.
      • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:

        Enter Mr. Tulkinghorn, followed by Mercuries with lamps and candles.

   3. Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between. [from 17th c.]
      • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:

        His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France.

   4. A newspaper. [from 17th c.]
      • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XXI, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

        No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.

Further reading

• Mercury (planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mercury (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia