tropicalとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From tropic +‎ -al.

発音

• (all senses except "characterized by tropes"):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
  • 韻: -ɒpɪkəl
  • (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA: /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/
  • 韻: -ɑpɪkəl
  • (Canada, dialects of the 米国発音) IPA: /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
  • (General Australian) IPA: /ˈtɹɔp.ɪ.kəl/
  • (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈtɹɒp.ə.kəl/, [ˈtɹɔ̟p.ə.kəl]
• ("characterized by tropes"):
  • IPA: (Received Pronunciation) /ˈtɹəʊ.pɪ.kəl/, /ˈtɹɒp.ɪ.kəl/
  • IPA: (General American) /ˈtɹoʊ.pɪ.kəl/
  • 韻: -əʊpɪkəl

形容詞

tropical (comparative more tropical, superlative most tropical)

1. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
2. From, or similar to, a hot, humid climate.

   We've had a lot of tropical nights this summer.

   My favorite tropical fruits are pineapples and coconuts.

   • 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 103:

     Whale sharks are found in all the tropical waters of the world. As with many tropical species, an occasional stray wanders into colder waters.

3. (dated) Pertaining to, involving, or of the nature of a trope or tropes; figurative, metaphorical.
   • 1653 (indicated as 1654), Jeremy Taylor, “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section I. State of the Question.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume IX, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 8, page 429:

     But we, by the real spiritual presence of Christ, do understand Christ to be present, as the Spirit of God is present in the hearts of the faithful, by blessing and grace; and this is all which we mean besides the tropical and figurative presence.

   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     The foundation of all parables is some analogy or similitude between the tropical or allusive part of the parable and the thing intended by it.

4. (mathematics) Pertaining to tropical geometry.

派生語

名詞

tropical (plural tropicals)

1. A tropical plant.
   • 1856, “The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, volume 12, page 275:

     The potato, as a mountain tropical plant, is capable of growing in cooler weather than any other tropical except the Nasturtian.

参照

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tropical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “tropical”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “tropical”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• pictoral, proictal