pap

トウモロコシ粥

アフリカ南部で食べる、主にトウモロコシ粉で作る濃い粥。

やさしい英語で： A thick porridge, usually made from corn flour and eaten in southern Africa.

• We ate pap with grilled meat.
• She stirred the pap until it was thick.
• Is there any pap left in the pot?

類義語： porridge

よく使う表現： maize pap, pap and wors, stiff pap

おかゆ、離乳食

特に赤ちゃんに与える、水分の多い柔らかな食べ物。

やさしい英語で： Soft, wet food, especially food given to babies.

• The baby ate some pap.
• She made pap by soaking bread in warm milk.
• He fed the child a spoonful of pap.

類義語： gruel

よく使う表現： bread pap, feed someone pap, bowl of pap

たわごと、くだらないもの

ばかばかしく、退屈で価値がないとされる考えや文章、娯楽。

やさしい英語で： Ideas, writing, or entertainment that seem silly, boring, or without value.

• That film was sentimental pap.
• He dismissed the article as political pap.
• Why do they keep showing this pap on television?

類義語： drivel, rubbish, nonsense

よく使う表現： sentimental pap, commercial pap, worthless pap

発酵穀物粥

西アフリカでよく食べる、穀物を発酵させて少し酸っぱくした柔らかい粥。

やさしい英語で： A soft food made from grain left to develop a slightly sour taste, common in West Africa.

• She served pap for breakfast.
• This pap was made from fermented millet.
• He added milk to his warm pap.

類義語： ogi, akamu

よく使う表現： fermented pap, millet pap, pap for breakfast

隠し撮りする

主に有名人を、許可なく、しばしばこっそり撮影する。

やさしい英語で： To photograph someone, usually a famous person, without their permission, often secretly.

• They tried to pap the singer.
• She was papped outside a restaurant last night.
• Photographers waited by the hotel to pap arriving stars.

類義語： photograph, snap

よく使う表現： pap a celebrity, pap someone outside

弱い、力のない

力やしっかりした中身がない。

やさしい英語で： Weak or lacking strength and substance.

• My legs felt pap after the climb.
• He offered a pap excuse for his absence.
• By evening, she was too pap to continue.

類義語： weak, feeble

反対語： strong

よく使う表現： pap legs, pap argument, feel pap

意気地のない、芯のない

勇気や決意がなく、自分の意志をしっかり持てない。

やさしい英語で： Lacking courage, determination, or a strong character.

• He is too pap to argue.
• They complained about their pap leader.
• She found his pap personality frustrating.

類義語： spineless, weak

よく使う表現： pap personality, pap leader

空気の抜けた

特にタイヤなどが、空気を失ってぺしゃんこになっている。

やさしい英語で： Having lost air and become flat, especially a tyre.

• The back tyre is pap.
• A puncture made the wheel go pap.
• We could not drive with two pap tyres.

類義語： flat, deflated

反対語： inflated

よく使う表現： pap tyre, go pap