beef

牛肉

食べ物として使われる牛の肉。

やさしい英語で： Meat from a cow or other cattle, eaten as food.

• We had beef for dinner.
• She added beef to the stew.
• Would you prefer chicken or roast beef?

類義語： cowflesh, oxflesh

よく使う表現： roast beef, ground beef, beef stew, minced beef

不満、文句

何かについての文句、または誰かに腹を立てる理由。

やさしい英語で： A complaint about something, or a reason for being annoyed with someone.

• What's your beef with me?
• My main beef is the slow service.
• Several customers raised beefs about the new charges.

使い方： have a beef with someone/something (I have a beef with the way they charge customers.); a beef about something (Her main beef about the hotel was the noise.)

類義語： complaint, grievance

よく使う表現： beef with someone, beef about something, main beef

核心、中身

文書や議論、計画の中心となる内容や最も重要な部分。

やさしい英語で： The main or most important content of a document, argument, or project.

• The introduction is short; the beef comes later.
• The beef of her paper concerns local housing.
• Cut the empty promises and give the proposal some beef.

使い方： the beef of something (The beef of the report is its detailed cost analysis.)

類義語： substance, essence, core

よく使う表現： beef of something, real beef

肉用の

乳ではなく肉を得るために育てられる牛を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing cattle raised for their meat rather than for their milk.

• They raise beef cattle.
• The farmer bought six beef calves.
• Which beef breeds grow well in this climate?

反対語： dairy

よく使う表現： beef cattle, beef calves, beef breeds

牛肉生産の

肉を得るために多くの牛を育てる場所や事業を表す。

やさしい英語で： Describing a place or business that raises many cattle for meat.

• This is beef country.
• Several beef farms surround the town.
• His family owns a large beef ranch.

よく使う表現： beef farm, beef country, beef ranch

おならをする

お尻から腸内のガスを出す。

やさしい英語で： To release gas from your bottom.

• Someone beefed in the lift.
• He beefed loudly and laughed.
• Did you just beef under the blanket?

類義語： fart, break wind

よく使う表現： beef loudly, beef in bed

泣く

悲しみや痛み、つらい気持ちから涙を流す。

やさしい英語で： To shed tears because you are sad, hurt, or upset.

• He beefed after the argument.
• She was beefing because her favourite cup had broken.
• Don't beef; we can fix your bike.

類義語： cry, weep, sob

よく使う表現： beef all night, beef about something