FullMooNとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 ful mone, from 古期英語 full mōna, equivalent to full +‎ moon.

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名詞

full moon (countable and uncountable, plural full moons)

1. The phase of the moon when it is in opposition to the sun and its full disc is therefore visible.

   Antonym: new moon

   Hyponym: strawberry moon

   • 1923 May, Lawrence Shaw Mayo, “The Shenando’ Valley”, in The Atlantic Monthly‎, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 May 2022:

     It is true also that the roosters, especially during full moon, crow all night.

2. The moon when it is in opposition to the sun.

   Synonym: (poetic) plenilune

   Antonym: new moon

派生した語

• → Mokilese: pwuhl mwuhn

参考

Further reading

• full moon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

名詞

fullmoon (plural fullmoons)

1. Alternative form of full moon
   • 1881, The Lalitavistara: Or, Memoirs of the Early Life of Śákya Siñha, page 147:

     Well, you have to wait for a while if you wish to see the pure moon, spotless as the fullmoon, surrounded by the host of stars.

   • 1969, Varghese Kujanil Mathew, Ancient Theocracy, page 72:

     The fullmoon is shown at the centre of the people of the royal family of king of Lagash, Ur Nina.

   • 1970, Elfrune Wendelberger, The Enchanted World of Alpine Flowers, page 29:

     A larger, blue flowering plant can be found by the edge and in the shelter of the Alpine Globeflower (Trollius europaeus) . Early in summer, its globe-like flowers can be seen shining like little fullmoons in a sea of grasses.

   • 1985, Science & Technology in the Islamic World, page 56:

     For many people, particularly those living in villages, and remote areas, it is relatively easy to keep rough estimates of period, such as fullmoon to fullmoon, new moon to new moon, etc.

   • 2002, Ram Dayal Rakesh, Pilgrimage Tourism in Nepal, page 35:

     Pilgrims of all sects throng this temple on auspicious occasion of every fullmoon.

   • 2005, Ken Gunther, Lilith: A Biography, page 288:

     Like those regnant fullmoons you can feel rising before you see them, the look of her (still starbrite on the drawingboard of my nitesky recall) ascended, smiling, the backstairs of consciousness.

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