English Dictionary

luna

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈluːnə/

名詞

(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.

日本語の意味

ルナ蛾：『Actias luna』に属する蛾の一種。

A luna rested on the porch light, its pale green wings trembling in the night breeze.

ルナ蛾がポーチのライトに止まり、夜風に薄緑色の羽が震えていた。

意味（1）

(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.

“Gee,” whispered Oliver. He sat there staring. “A luna! I never thought I’d see a real luna!”

意味（2）

(Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.

The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]

lunas （ plural ）