luminary
Tom Hanks氏がブロードウェイで芝居を演じるというニュースです。
Lucky Guy: Can Tom Hanks hack it on Broadway?
At long last, Hollywood's great polymath is making his stage debut. Nikhil Kumar reports on the actor's role as a legendary tabloid journalist – and the thousands clamouring for tickets
A first for Tom Hanks? The Oscar-winning actor, director, writer and producer appears too have done it all – and won it all – in a Hollywood career spanning more than three decades. But unlike other luminaries from the West Coast – and more than a few not-so-luminous stars – he's never been on the Broadway stage, something that's about to change with the opening next month of Lucky Guy, a new play written by the late Nora Ephron.
luminaryを取り上げます。luminaryと聞くと、第一義である「＜＜文＞＞天体、（空の）発光体」（『ジーニアス英和辞典 第３版』大修館）を私はイメージしたのですが、ここでは、「＜＜正式＞＞優れた人；有名人」(ibid)という意味になります。さらには、「専門家」(ibid)という語義もあるので、これも合わせて覚えておこうと思います。確認のためODOでも調べてみると、‘a person who inspires or influences others, especially one prominent in a particular sphere’と定義されていました。(Shou-VR*)
