Luna

參見：Luna、lunã、lună、luną、lůna、łuna、łuną、łúna 和 Łuna

英語

詞源1

源自拉丁語 lūna (“月亮；月份；新月”)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈluːnə/

• 音頻 (澳洲)：

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• 同音詞：lunar、looner (非R音口音)
• 韻部：-uːnə

名詞

luna (複數 lunas)

1. (昆蟲學) 月形天蠶蛾
   • 1944, Elizabeth Enright, Then There Were Five,^[1] Farrar & Rinehart, page 80:

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

   • 1969, Sterling North, “An Introduction to Butterflies and Moths”, in Boys’ Life, May 1969 issue, Boy Scouts of America, page 64:

     On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.

   • 2010, Sally Roth (contributor), in Judy Pray (compiler), Garden Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Plant, Grow, and Harvest, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc., ISBN 978-1-57912-837-1, page 348:

     Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.

2. (基督教，主要用於天主教和聖公宗) 月牙形的容器，主要用玻璃製成，用於將盛放聖餐臺上的主食（麵包）直立 （自19世紀）^[1]
   • 1907 May, “Dominicanus”, “The Rosary and the Blessed Sacrament”, in the Dominican Friars, The Rosary Magazine, Volume 30, Number 5, page 494:

     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 […]

   • 1917，John F. Sullivan，The Externals of the Catholic Church，BiblioLife, LLC, 出版於 2009, →ISBN，頁s 115–116:

     This receptacle is called a “luna” or “lunula” (a moon, or a little moon), and has glass on either side, so that the Host may be seen when enclosed therein. […] ¶ […] ¶ The ciborium, the pyx and luna of the ostensorium are blessed with a simpler formula than that used for the chalice, and […] ¶ […] ¶ The chalice, the paten, the luna and the pyx are sacred things, true sacramentals, and are worthy of deepest reverence; for […]

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   • 2007，John Trigilio，Kenneth Brighenti，The Catholicism Answer Book: The 300 Most Frequently Asked Questions，Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN，頁 156:

     The luna, which is a piece of glass in the shape of a moon, contains the Blessed Sacrament, previously consecrated. The luna is then placed in the middle of the sunburst of the monstrance.

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同義詞

• (月牙形的容器)： lunette, lunula

詞源2

來自夏威夷語 luna (“領導；導師”)。^[2]

名詞

luna (複數 luna 或 lunas)

1. (夏威夷) 種植園工頭
   • 1922, U. G. Murphy, “The Japanese Problem in Hawaii: How the Task of Christianizing and Americanizing the Oriental is Progressing”, in The Friend, Volume 91, Number 6 (June 1922) page 130:

     There are several reasons why the Hawaiian-born Japanese boys and girls do not take kindly to plantation labor, but one of the chief reasons is the objection to the kind of lunas who oversee the work of the laborers.

   • 1959，James Michener，Hawaii‎^[2]，Fawcett Crest, 出版於 1986, →ISBN，頁 737:

     […] haoles could not visualize Chinese or Japanese in positions of authority. And from sad experience, the great plantation owners had discovered that the Americans they could get to serve as lunas were positively no good. Capable Americans expected office jobs and incapable ones were unable to control the Oriental […]

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   • 2000，Sally Engle Merry，Colonizing Hawai'i: the cultural power of law，頁 321:

     After the day was over I went to the luna to count my day but he would not. Then I went to him the second time and he said he would not put it down.

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   • 2012，Julia Flynn Siler，Lost Kingdom，Grove Press，頁 35:

     Capital punishment was outlawed by the government but some plantation managers and luna still delivered lashings and other forms of abuse.

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使用說明

• 這個名詞在英語雖然有變格(單數luna，複數lunas)，但作為一個外來語時經常斜體化。