English Dictionary

manna

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmænə/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義

(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. / (by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

日本語の意味

出エジプト記において、荒野で奇跡的にイスラエル人に与えられた食糧。 / 転じて、幸運によって手に入れた恵みや恩恵。

The wanderers rejoiced each morning when manna appeared on the bushes outside their tents.

荒野をさまよう人々は、毎朝、イスラエル人のために荒野で奇跡的に与えられた食べ物が天幕の外の茂みに現れるのを喜んだ。

意味（1）

(biblical) Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

意味（2）

(by extension) Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.

Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way / Of starved people.

意味（3）

The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/forest/plants/gum.html

The icing on the cake was made from manna, which was gathered under the manna gums. Manna mixed with milk made a splendid icing.

mannas （ plural ）