English Dictionary

meerschaum

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɪər.ʃɔːm/

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders. / (countable) A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum.

日本語の意味

柔らかく白い鉱物。主に喫煙用パイプや葉巻ホルダーとして用いられる。 / その鉱物を用いて作られる喫煙用パイプ。

He gently cleaned the meerschaum to preserve the pipe's delicate finish.

彼はパイプの繊細な仕上がりを保つために、喫煙用に使われる柔らかい白い鉱物を丁寧に手入れした。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders.

He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam.

意味（2）

(countable) A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum.

The sale of part of his property cleared the rest. A large portion of his income was put aside to accumulate. Horses, pictures, wines, bijouterie, German meerschaum, and Turkish hookahs, were alike brought to the hammer.

meerschaums （ plural ）