ヘレン・ケラーの化石の話の続きです。
After I had learned a great many interesting things about the life and habits of the children of the sea--how in the midst of dashing waves the little polyps build the beautiful coral isles of the Pacific, and the foraminifera have made the chalk-hills of many a land--my teacher read me "The Chambered Nautilus," and showed me that the shell-building process of the mollusks is symbolical of the development of the mind.
"foraminifera" は何かの海の生物だと思いますが何でしょうか？
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: organisms that are foraminifers
とあるので "foraminifer" を見ます。
・Wiktionary: Any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum Foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude
・Dictionary.com: any chiefly marine protozoan（Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/7/27 ） of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
日本語で言う有孔虫の事のようです。だいたい分かりましたが、この手の意味は英英辞典よりも百科事典系のWikipediaの説明が詳しいはずなのでそちらも見てみます。
The Foraminifera, ("hole bearers") or forams for short, are a large group of amoeboid protists with reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net. They typically produce a test, or shell, which can have either one or multiple chambers, some becoming quite elaborate in structure. These shells are made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or agglutinated sediment particles. About 275,000 species are recognized, both living and fossil. They are usually less than 1 mm in size, but some are much larger, and the largest recorded specimen reached 19 cm.
知らない生物用語が沢山でてきますがイメージが若干膨らみます。
話は全く変わりますが、２～３日前のＮＨＫ朝ドラで面白い台詞がありました。
「孫にも衣装、年増に化粧」これは年増の女性の台詞ですが、往年の渥美清のトラさんにはこの手の台詞が沢山ありました。 言葉遊びも中々面白いですね。 ＴＶを見て浮かんだ私の台詞は、「孫にも衣装、ラーメンに胡椒」。 ちょっと語呂が悪い駄作ですね。
After I had learned a great many interesting things about the life and habits of the children of the sea--how in the midst of dashing waves the little polyps build the beautiful coral isles of the Pacific, and the foraminifera have made the chalk-hills of many a land--my teacher read me "The Chambered Nautilus," and showed me that the shell-building process of the mollusks is symbolical of the development of the mind.
"foraminifera" は何かの海の生物だと思いますが何でしょうか？
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: organisms that are foraminifers
とあるので "foraminifer" を見ます。
・Wiktionary: Any of several large marine protozoans, of the subphylum Foraminifera, that have a calcareous shell with many holes through which pseudopodia protrude
・Dictionary.com: any chiefly marine protozoan（Ref. http://blog.alc.co.jp/blog/3302827/archive/2007/7/27 ） of the sarcodinian order Foraminifera, typically having a linear, spiral, or concentric shell perforated by small holes or pores through which pseudopodia extend.
日本語で言う有孔虫の事のようです。だいたい分かりましたが、この手の意味は英英辞典よりも百科事典系のWikipediaの説明が詳しいはずなのでそちらも見てみます。
The Foraminifera, ("hole bearers") or forams for short, are a large group of amoeboid protists with reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net. They typically produce a test, or shell, which can have either one or multiple chambers, some becoming quite elaborate in structure. These shells are made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or agglutinated sediment particles. About 275,000 species are recognized, both living and fossil. They are usually less than 1 mm in size, but some are much larger, and the largest recorded specimen reached 19 cm.
知らない生物用語が沢山でてきますがイメージが若干膨らみます。
話は全く変わりますが、２～３日前のＮＨＫ朝ドラで面白い台詞がありました。
「孫にも衣装、年増に化粧」これは年増の女性の台詞ですが、往年の渥美清のトラさんにはこの手の台詞が沢山ありました。 言葉遊びも中々面白いですね。 ＴＶを見て浮かんだ私の台詞は、「孫にも衣装、ラーメンに胡椒」。 ちょっと語呂が悪い駄作ですね。
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