e-gretとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈiːɡɹɪt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈiɡɹɪt/, /ˈiˌɡɹɛt/, /iˈɡɹɛt/, /ˈɛɡɹɪt/
• 韻: -iːɡɹɪt, -iːɡɹɛt, -ɛt, -ɛɡɹɪt

名詞

egret (plural egrets)

1. Any of various wading birds of the genera Egretta or Ardea that includes herons, many of which are white or buff, and several of which develop fine plumes during the breeding season.
   • 2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 64:

     Egrets picked their way through the grass, attentive and showy as fussy girlfriends at the cows' sides.

2. A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a part of a headdress, or anything imitating such an ornament.

   Synonym: aigrette

3. (botany) The flying feathery or hairy crown of seeds or achenes, such as the down of the thistle.
4. (obsolete) The crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)

派生語

関連する語

• aigrette

参考

• heron

Further reading

• egret on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Geter, greet, reget