dill

ディル

細い緑の葉と香りの強い種を持ち、料理の香り付けに使う植物。

やさしい英語で： A plant with thin green leaves and strongly scented seeds, used to add flavour to food.

• Add some dill to the sauce.
• She grows dill in her garden.
• Fresh dill tastes good with salmon.

類義語： anet, dillseed

よく使う表現： fresh dill, dill seeds, chopped dill

ディルピクルス

酢や塩水に漬け、ディルで香りを付けたキュウリ。

やさしい英語で： A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and flavoured with a strongly scented herb.

• He ate a dill with his sandwich.
• The jar held several large dills.
• Would you like a sliced dill on your burger?

類義語： dill pickle

よく使う表現： a crunchy dill, a jar of dills

ばか

考えが浅く、愚かな行動をする人。

やさしい英語で： A foolish person.

• Don’t be such a dill.
• I felt like a dill after forgetting my keys.
• Those dills painted the wrong wall.

類義語： fool, idiot

よく使う表現： a complete dill, such a dill

ディルで味付けする

料理にディルを加えたり、一緒に調理したりして香りを付ける。

やさしい英語で： To cook or flavour food with the herb whose thin leaves and seeds have a strong smell.

• Dill the fish before serving it.
• She dilled the potatoes with herbs from her garden.
• We usually dill the cucumbers before putting them in jars.

よく使う表現： dill the fish, dill some potatoes

なだめる、和らげる

人を落ち着かせたり、痛みや心配を軽くしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain or worry.

• Her gentle voice dilled his fears.
• Nothing could dill the child’s pain.
• He tried to dill her grief with kind words.

類義語： soothe, calm, ease

反対語： agitate

よく使う表現： dill someone’s pain, dill someone’s fears