lemon

レモン

飲み物や料理によく使う、黄色くて酸っぱい果物。

やさしい英語で： A yellow fruit with a sour taste, often used in drinks and cooking.

• Add some lemon to your tea.
• She squeezed two lemons into the bowl.
• Would you like a slice of lemon?

よく使う表現： lemon juice, slice of lemon, fresh lemon

欠陥品、役立たず

買ったのにうまく動かない物、または期待外れで役に立たない人。

やさしい英語で： Something you buy that works badly, or a person who is disappointing or useless.

• This car is a lemon.
• We bought a lemon and spent months repairing it.
• Their new manager turned out to be a lemon.

類義語： dud

よく使う表現： buy a lemon, sell a lemon, a complete lemon

レモン色

レモンのような、明るく淡い黄色。

やさしい英語で： A bright, pale yellow color.

• She chose pale lemon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in lemon and cream.
• A touch of lemon brightened the design.

類義語： lemon yellow

よく使う表現： pale lemon, bright lemon, lemon and white

頼み事

人に助けを頼むこと。主に、ばかげていると示す表現で使う。

やさしい英語で： A helpful act, used mainly in a phrase showing that you think something is ridiculous.

• Do me a lemon! That price is ridiculous.
• You want fifty pounds? Do me a lemon!
• Do me a lemon, nobody believes that story.

類義語： favor

よく使う表現： do a lemon, do someone a lemon

レモンで味付けする

食べ物にレモンの汁や風味を加える。

やさしい英語で： To add the juice or flavor of a yellow, sour fruit to food.

• Lemon the fish before serving it.
• She lemoned the sauce to sharpen its flavor.
• You can lemon the vegetables after cooking.

よく使う表現： lemon the fish, lemon the sauce