mount rushmoreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˌmaʊnt ˈɹʌʃmɔː(ɹ)/

固有名詞

Mount Rushmore

1. A famous mountain in the Black Hills with the heads of four US presidents carved into it.

名詞

Mount Rushmore (plural Mount Rushmores)

1. (by extension) The four most important people in a particular field or category.
   • 2020 March 27, Cade Metz, “The Week in Tech: We’re Testing How Much the Internet Can Handle”, in New York Times‎:

     In the long run, the companies behind all this technology could emerge from the pandemic as an even greater force in our lives. So said a Mount Rushmore of Times tech reporters: Daisuke Wakabayashi, Jack Nicas, Steve Lohr and Mike Isaac.

   • 2021 May 1, Constance Grady, quoting Sarah D. Bunting, “The Day Dawson Cried”, in Vox‎:

     Crying Dawson ruled the internet comment sections of the late ’00s and early ’10s. It’s “on the Mount Rushmore of GIFs,” says TV critic Sarah D. Bunting.

別の表記

• Rushmore

Further reading

• Mount Rushmore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia