marble

大理石

床や建物、彫像に使う硬い石。白地に色の筋が入ったものが多い。

やさしい英語で： A hard stone, often white with colored lines, used for floors, buildings, and statues.

• The floor is made of marble.
• They carved the statue from white marble.
• Does this kitchen have marble counters?

よく使う表現： marble floor, white marble, marble statue, metamorphic marble

ビー玉

子どもが遊びに使う、普通はガラスでできた小さな球。

やさしい英語で： A small, usually glass ball that children use in games.

• A blue marble rolled under the bed.
• The children traded marbles after school.
• He keeps his favorite marble in his pocket.

よく使う表現： glass marble, blue marble, marble collection

霜降り、サシ

肉の中に筋状に入っている細かな脂肪。

やさしい英語で： The thin lines of fat running through a piece of meat.

• The butcher checked the marble in the beef.
• Fine marble helps keep the steak juicy.
• This grading system measures the amount of marble in meat.

類義語： marbling

よく使う表現： beef marble, marble grade, marble in meat

大理石の

建物や彫像に使う大理石でできている、またはそれに似ている。

やさしい英語で： Made from a hard stone used for buildings and statues, or looking like that stone.

• We walked across the marble floor.
• Two marble columns stand beside the door.
• She chose wallpaper with a marble pattern.

よく使う表現： marble tiles, marble columns, marble mantel

冷酷な、無情な

温かさや優しさ、感情を見せない。

やさしい英語で： Showing no warmth, kindness, or emotion.

• His marble face showed no pity.
• Her tears could not soften his marble heart.
• He met the news with a marble gaze.

類義語： cold, unfeeling, heartless

反対語： warm, compassionate

よく使う表現： marble heart, marble face, marble gaze

マーブル模様にする

色を混ぜ合わせるなどして、筋や渦の模様をつける。

やさしい英語で： To give something a pattern of lines or swirls, often by partly mixing colors.

• You can marble paper with colored inks.
• She marbled the cake batter with chocolate.
• The artist marbles each sheet by hand.

類義語： marbleize

よく使う表現： marble paper, marble a cake, marble the surface

霜降りにする

肉の中に筋状の脂肪を形成する。

やさしい英語で： To form lines of fat through meat.

• Thin lines of fat marble the meat.
• Fat had marbled the beef evenly.
• A rich diet can help marble the meat.

類義語： marbleize

よく使う表現： marble the meat, marble the beef