mix

混ぜる

二つ以上の物質をかき混ぜ、一つの混合物にする。

やさしい英語で： To stir two or more substances together so they become one substance.

• Mix the eggs and milk.
• She mixed the sauce with a wooden spoon.
• Have you mixed all the ingredients together?

使い方： mix A with B (Mix the flour with the milk.); mix A and B together (Mix the sugar and butter together.)

類義語： blend, stir together

よく使う表現： mix the ingredients, mix well, mix thoroughly

混ぜる、組み合わせる

普段は別々にしている異なる種類の物を一緒にする。

やさしい英語で： To put different types of things together that are often kept apart.

• Don’t mix the clean and dirty clothes.
• She mixed modern furniture with old family pieces.
• They often mix business and pleasure.

使い方： mix A with B (Do not mix white clothes with red ones.); mix A and B (The design mixes old and new styles.)

類義語： combine, blend

反対語： separate

よく使う表現： mix business and pleasure, mix different styles, mix something together

混ぜて作る、調合する

いくつかの材料や成分を組み合わせて何かを作る。

やさしい英語で： To make something by combining several ingredients or parts.

• He mixed a fruit drink.
• We mixed concrete for the garden wall.
• She mixed red and white paint to make pink.

使い方： mix something for someone (She mixed a drink for her guest.)

類義語： make, blend

よく使う表現： mix a cocktail, mix concrete, mix a drink

ミックスする

録音した各部分の音を調整して、最終的な音に仕上げる。

やさしい英語で： To prepare a recording’s final sound by adjusting its different recorded parts.

• She will mix the song tomorrow.
• The producer mixed their new album in London.
• Who mixed this recording?

よく使う表現： mix a song, mix an album, mix a recording

ミキサーで混ぜる

電動の機械を使って材料を混ぜる。

やさしい英語で： To blend ingredients using an electric machine.

• Mix the batter on low speed.
• She mixed the dough using an electric mixer.
• Mix for two minutes, then switch off the machine.

類義語： blend

よく使う表現： mix the batter, mix on low, mix until smooth

ミックスする

別々に録音した音を調整しながら、一つの音源にまとめる。

やさしい英語で： To combine separate recorded sounds into one track, adjusting how they sound together.

• Mix the drum tracks together.
• She mixed the vocals with the guitar track.
• The engineer mixed six tracks down to one.

使い方： mix something down to something (They mixed the drum tracks down to one track.)

類義語： blend, combine

よく使う表現： mix audio tracks, mix the vocals, mix tracks together

組み合わせ、混合

異なる種類の人や物が集まったもの。

やさしい英語で： A combination of different kinds of people or things.

• The shop sells a mix of old and new books.
• An interesting mix of people came to dinner.
• The building’s mix of styles gives it character.

使い方： mix of someone/something (The class has a mix of students from different countries.)

類義語： mixture, combination, blend

よく使う表現： mix of styles, interesting mix, diverse mix

混合物、混合液

二つ以上の材料や物質を混ぜてできたもの。

やさしい英語で： A substance made by combining two or more ingredients or materials.

• Add water to the mix.
• The concrete mix was too thick.
• She poured the mix into a baking tin.

使い方： mix of A and B (The coating is a mix of sand and cement.)

類義語： mixture, blend

よく使う表現： concrete mix, add to the mix, thick mix