biscuit

ビスケット、クッキー

小さく平たい焼き菓子。普通は甘くサクサクしているが、塩味のものもある。

やさしい英語で： A small, flat baked food that is usually crisp and sweet, but can also be salty.

• Would you like a biscuit with your tea?
• She baked chocolate biscuits for the children.
• I found biscuit crumbs on the sofa.

類義語： cookie, cracker

よく使う表現： chocolate biscuit, biscuit tin, a plain biscuit

ビスケット

普通は丸くて甘くない、小さく柔らかいパン。温かいうちに食べることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A small, soft bread, usually round and not sweet, often eaten warm.

• He ate a warm biscuit with butter.
• We served biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
• These biscuits rose nicely in the oven.

よく使う表現： buttermilk biscuit, biscuit dough, warm biscuit

乾パン

船員や兵士などのために、長く保存できるよう作った非常に硬く乾いたパン。

やさしい英語で： Very hard, dry bread made to last a long time, especially for sailors or soldiers.

• The sailors lived on salted meat and biscuit.
• He softened the hard biscuit in water.
• The ship carried enough biscuit for a long voyage.

類義語： hardtack, ship’s bread

よく使う表現： ship’s biscuit, hard biscuit, biscuit rations

素焼き

専用の窯で焼いたが、まだ表面に釉薬をかけていない陶器。

やさしい英語で： Pottery that has been heated in a special oven but has no shiny surface coating yet.

• The vase is still in biscuit.
• She applied glaze to the biscuit ware.
• Biscuit absorbs water more readily than glazed pottery.

類義語： bisque

よく使う表現： biscuit ware, biscuit firing, biscuit porcelain