mercuryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English Mercurie, from Latin Mercurius.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmɝkjəɹi/

固有名詞

Mercury

2. (astronomy) The planet in the solar system with the closest orbit to the Sun, named after the god; represented by ☿.
4. (Roman mythology) The Roman god associated with speed, sometimes used as a messenger. He wore winged sandals. Mercury corresponded to the Greek god Hermes.

参考

• (planets of the Solar System) planets of the Solar System; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune

名詞

Mercury (複数形 Mercuries)

1. (obsolete) A carrier of tidings; a newsboy, a messenger. [16th–19th c.]
2. Someone who carries messages between lovers; a go-between. [from 17th c.]
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. II, ch. 63:

     His Mercury having made his observations, reported, that there was no body in the coach but Mrs. Hornbeck and an elderly woman, who had all the air of a duenna, and that the servant was not the same footman who had attended them in France.

3. (dated) A newspaper. [from 17th c.]
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 21, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323:

     No allusion to it is to be found in the monthly Mercuries.

Further reading

• Mercury (planet) on Wikipedia.
• Mercury (mythology) on Wikipedia.