calamineとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

1. (inorganic chemistry) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
   • 1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:

     Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch
     You're gonna need an ocean
     Of calamine lotion
     You'll be scratchin' like a hound
     The minute you start to mess around

   • 2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:

     For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion.

2. (mineralogy) Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.

同意語

• (pink form of zinc oxide): calaminaris, lapis calaminaris

派生語

• calamine brass

動詞

calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

アナグラム

• analcime, camelina