单词 | akoya |
释义 | akoyan. Any of several small marine oysters of the genus Pinctada, esp. P. fucata, cultivated in Japan, China, and elsewhere for the production of cultured pearls. Also: a pearl so produced, typically round, white, and lustrous. Usually attributive as Akoya oyster, Akoya pearl, etc.Until the second half of the 20th cent. apparently only in translations of, after, or with allusion to E. Kämpfer Hist. Japan (see quot. 1727). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > gem or precious stone > pearl > [noun] > varieties of unioOE pearl of orientc1400 seed pearl1551 powdering pearls1606 pear pearl1647 Welsh pearl1681 peara1685 union1694 akoya1727 river pearl1776 orient1833 bouton pearl1851 blister pearl1885 Bombay pearl1885 teardrop pearl1904 cultured pearl1911 culture pearl1921 1727 J. G. Scheuchzer tr. E. Kæmpfer Hist. Japan I. i. viii. 110 The largest and Finest Pearls are found in a small sort of Oyster, call'd Akoja, which is not unlike the Persian Pearl-shell. 1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. IX. 99 A small kind of oyster called Akoya, whose shells are as large as a man's hand, closely knit together. 1917 J. W. Jackson Shells as Evidence of Migrations of Early Culture 107 In 1727, Kaempfer noted that pearls were obtained by the Japanese from small sorts of oysters, called akoja, not unlike the Persian pearl-oyster. 1970 S. Shirai Story of Pearls v. 100 The largest Akoya pearls known (they are perfectly round and of excellent quality) are about twelve millimeters in diameter, and their immediately recognizable beauty and rarity demand high prices. 1981 N.Y. Times 5 Dec. 52/6 Akoyas in the 5- to 8-millimeter range could cost from $500 to $5,000. 1998 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 14 June 26 Something is killing Japan's Akoya oysters, in which are cultivated some of the world's finest pearls, and no one seems to be able to identify the villain. Some think it is a virus. 2008 A. Matlins Pearl Bk. (ed. 4) 40 (caption) Classic round, white, cultured pearl known as the akoya type. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1727 |
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