fat

太った

体に通常より多くの脂肪がつき、大きく重い。

やさしい英語で： Having a large, heavy body with more soft tissue under the skin than usual.

• Their cat is quite fat.
• The pig grew fat over the summer.
• He worries that sitting all day will make him fat.

類義語： overweight, plump

反対語： thin, slim

よく使う表現： fat cat, get fat, fat belly, fat person

分厚い、大きい

普通より厚い、大きい、または量が多い。

やさしい英語で： Unusually thick or large in size or amount.

• He carried a fat book.
• She received a fat bonus this year.
• A fat envelope arrived in the post.

類義語： thick, large, substantial

反対語： thin, small

よく使う表現： fat wallet, fat book, fat cheque, fat profits

肥沃な

作物やほかの植物が豊かに育つ土地の性質。

やさしい英語で： Able to support plenty of crops or other plant growth.

• The valley has fat soil.
• Cattle grazed on the fat pasture.
• They settled beside a river on fat, productive land.

類義語： fertile, productive, rich

反対語： barren, infertile

よく使う表現： fat soil, fat pasture, fat land

脂肪、脂肪組織

皮膚の下や臓器の周りにあり、エネルギーを蓄え体温を保つ柔らかい組織。

やさしい英語で： Soft tissue under the skin and around organs that stores energy and helps keep the body warm.

• Fat helps keep the body warm.
• The animal stores fat for winter.
• Exercise can reduce body fat and strengthen muscles.

類義語： adipose tissue

よく使う表現： body fat, belly fat, layer of fat, fat tissue

脂肪、油脂

食品や体内に含まれる油状の物質で、通常は室温で固体になる。

やさしい英語で： An oily substance in foods and the body that is usually solid at normal room temperature.

• Butter contains a lot of fat.
• This food is low in saturated fat.
• The label shows how many grams of fat each serving contains.

よく使う表現： saturated fat, fat content, low fat, dietary fat

脂身、脂

肉の柔らかく脂っこい部分で、食べたり料理に使ったりする。

やさしい英語で： The soft, oily part of meat, which can be eaten or used in cooking.

• Cut the fat off the meat.
• She cooked the potatoes in beef fat.
• This bacon has more fat than meat.

よく使う表現： beef fat, pork fat, trim the fat, fat on meat