English Dictionary

nautilus

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈnɔː.tɪ.ləs/

名詞

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

日本語の意味

海洋に生息する軟体動物で、オウムガイとしても知られる。太平洋やインド洋近辺に生息し、螺旋状の貝殻に複数の空気室を持つ頭足類である。

A nautilus glided through the cobalt depths, its spiral shell reflecting dappled sunlight as it adjusted the gas-filled chambers to change buoyancy.

オウムガイはコバルト色の深海を滑るように進み、らせん状の殻が差し込む日の光を反射しながら、浮力を変えるために空気の入った室を調整していた。

意味（1）

A marine mollusc, of the family Nautilidae native to the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, which has tentacles and a spiral shell with a series of air-filled chambers, of which Nautilus is the type genus.

He was still prepared to go on collecting all that life could offer, like a chambered nautilus patiently adding new cells to its slowly expanding spiral.

意味（2）

A kind of diving bell that sinks or rises by means of compressed air.

nautiluses （ plural ）

nautili （ plural ）