Oasisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Late Latin Oasis, from Ancient Greek Ὄασις (Óasis), from Demotic wḥj, from Egyptian wḥꜣt (“oasis, cauldron”),

Compare Sahidic Coptic ⲟⲩⲁϩⲉ (ouahe) and Arabic وَاحَة (wāḥa).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /əʊˈeɪsɪs/, /əʊˈeɪsəs/
• (米国発音) enPR: ō-ā'sĭs, ō-ā'səs, IPA: /oʊˈeɪsɪs/, /oʊˈeɪsəs/
• 韻: -eɪsɪs, -eɪsəs

名詞

oasis (plural oases or (rare, sometimes proscribed) oasises)

1. A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert.

   Synonyms: island, refuge

   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Through the Valley of the Shadow”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 137:

     It was now a beautiful, moonlit night. The air was crisp and invigorating. Behind them lay the interminable vista of the desert, dotted here and there with an occasional oasis.

   • 2015, Michael Welland, “Barriers and Corridors, Imports and Exports”, in The Desert: Lands of Lost Borders‎, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 317:

     On the edge of the dunes lies the oasis town of Dunhuang, a key strategic crossroads on the Silk Road as the routes divided to the west to skirt the Taklamakan to the north and south.

2. (figuratively) A quiet, peaceful place or situation separated from surrounding noise or bustle.

   The park was an oasis in the middle of the busy city.

3. (figuratively) A place or situation of fruitfulness or abundance separated from surrounding barrenness or scarcity.
   • 1903 April 18, W[illiam] E[dward] Burghardt Du Bois, “Of Our Spiritual Strivings”, in The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., →OCLC, pages 11–12:

     [T]here is no true American music but the wild sweet melodies of the Negro slave; the American fairy tales and folklore are Indian and African; and, all in all, we black men seem the sole oasis of simple faith and reverence in a dusty desert of dollars and smartness.

   • 1980 August 9, anonymous author, “Inside Burning”, in Gay Community News, page 4:

     I have tried to find friends like me […] but have failed to form even one prolonged relationship. Only a few of them could understand how I felt and a couple of them allowed me to express my love as intimately and vigorously as I wanted to. But for these two oases, I have lived all these years in an emotional void.

派生語

関連する語

• oasal
• oasitic

アナグラム

• Osias, ossia