xeriscapeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 1980s Xeriscape, a term coined (and trademarked) by Denver Water. From xeri- +‎ -scape.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈzɛ.ɹɪ.skeɪp/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈzɛɹ.ə.skeɪp/, /zɪɹ-/

名詞

xeriscape (plural xeriscapes)

1. A kind of landscape design for arid regions, minimising the need for irrigation. [from 1980s]
   • 1999, Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon, London: Heinemann, →ISBN; republished London: Arrow Books, Random House, 2000, →ISBN, page 628:

     Randy looks up over the Impala and the retaining wall and the ice-clogged xeriscape above that and into the lobby of Waterhouse House, where Amy Shaftoe has her feet up on a coffee table and is looking through some of the extremely sad Cayuse-related literature that Randy bought for Avi.

   • 2011 April 9, Marc Lacey, “Spraying to Make Yards Green ... but With Paint, Not Water”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 12 November 2020:

     But Frank Fairbanks, a retired public administrator, had to sheepishly acknowledge that he had grass. “Unfortunately, like many of our central Phoenix neighbors, we have a green lawn which consumes more water than xeriscape,” he told the paper.

   • 2013, George Oxford Miller, “Native Plant Profiles”, in Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas, 2nd edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Voyageur Press, →ISBN, page 132:

     Small, shrubby yuccas give your landscape a characteristic Southwest flavor. Their size adapts them to limited areas, such as patio and pool gardens or corner plantings. The blade-like leaves add variety to a cactus or xeriscape garden. Small yuccas make ideal accent plants, and when they send up their stalk of flowers, they become the center of attention.

動詞

xeriscape (third-person singular simple present xeriscapes, present participle xeriscaping, simple past and past participle xeriscaped)

1. To landscape in a water-friendly manner.

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