English Dictionary

oyster

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɔɪ.stə(ɹ)/

名詞

口語 イギリス英語 俗語

Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

日本語の意味

牡蠣（海岸や河口などの浅瀬で岩や他の固定物に付着して生息する、二枚貝の一種）

She carefully pried the oyster from the rocky ledge and rinsed it in seawater before tasting it.

彼女は岩場の縁から牡蠣を慎重に外し、味見する前に海水で洗った。

意味（1）

Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.

Why, then the world's mine oyster

意味（2）

The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.

意味（3）

A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.

oyster:

意味（4）

(colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.

意味（5）

(UK, slang) A shoplifter.

oysters （ plural ）