hickoryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• hiccory, hickery, hickry, pokickery

語源

A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery,^[1] from Powhatan pawcohiccora.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪkəɹiː/, /ˈhɪkɹiː/
• 韻: -ɪkəɹi

形容詞

hickory (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the hickory tree or its wood.

名詞

hickory (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 hickories)

1. (countable) Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genus Carya or Annamocarya.
   1. Carya illinoinensis is the source of pecan nuts.
2. (uncountable) The wood of these trees.
3. A coarse, durable cotton fabric.

   The loggers wore hickory shirts.

4. (countable, golf, informal) A club made from this wood.
   • 2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2 (page 117)

     What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.

   • 2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways? (page 182)

     I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]

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