olive

オリーブ

食用や油の原料になる、小さな緑色または黒色の実。

やさしい英語で： A small green or black fruit eaten with food or used to make oil.

• Would you like an olive?
• She added black olives to the salad.
• We ate bread with cheese and green olives.

よく使う表現： green olive, black olive, olive oil

オリーブの木

暖かい地域で、実や油を得るために育てる木。

やさしい英語で： A tree grown in warm places for its small fruit and the oil made from it.

• An olive grows beside the house.
• They planted young olives on the hillside.
• This old olive still produces fruit every year.

類義語： olive tree

よく使う表現： olive tree, olive grove, wild olive

オリーブ色

黄色や灰色が少し混じった濃い緑色。

やさしい英語で： A dark green color with some yellow or gray in it.

• She chose olive for the walls.
• The jacket comes in olive and brown.
• A deep olive would suit this room.

類義語： olive green

よく使う表現： dark olive, shade of olive, olive green

オリーブ材

オリーブの木から取れる硬い木材。

やさしい英語で： The hard wood of a tree grown for small green or black fruit and oil.

• The bowl is made of olive.
• He carved the handle from olive wood.
• Polished olive has a beautiful pattern in its grain.

類義語： olive wood

よく使う表現： olive wood, carved olive, polished olive

肉巻き

具を薄い肉で巻いて加熱した料理。

やさしい英語で： A thin piece of meat rolled around a filling and cooked.

• She served a beef olive with potatoes.
• The olives cooked slowly in a rich gravy.
• Each beef olive contained a little onion stuffing.

類義語： meat roll

よく使う表現： beef olive, stuffed olive