plum

スモモ、プラム

滑らかな皮と硬い種を持つ、小さく丸い甘い果物。

やさしい英語で： A small, round, sweet fruit with smooth skin and a hard stone inside.

• I ate a sweet plum.
• These plums are not ripe yet.
• We picked enough plums to make three jars of jam.

類義語： plum-color

よく使う表現： a ripe plum, plum tree, plum jam

プラム色

少し赤みがかった濃い紫色。

やさしい英語で： A dark purple color with some red in it.

• She chose plum for the walls.
• The scarf comes in plum and gray.
• A touch of plum adds warmth to this color scheme.

よく使う表現： a deep plum, a shade of plum, plum and cream

おいしい仕事、うまい話

高給の仕事や重要な任務など、特に手に入れたいと思うもの。

やさしい英語で： Something especially desirable, such as a well-paid job or an important assignment.

• That job is a real plum.
• The best assignments were plums reserved for senior staff.
• She secured the biggest plum: a posting to Paris.

類義語： prize, reward

よく使う表現： a political plum, a real plum, the biggest plum

レーズン、干しぶどう

ケーキや甘いプディングに使う、乾燥させたぶどう。

やさしい英語で： A dried grape used in a cake or sweet pudding.

• This old recipe calls raisins plums.
• The cook stirred the plums into the cake mixture.
• In traditional plum pudding, the plums are dried grapes.

類義語： raisin

よく使う表現： plum pudding, plum cake

おいしい、魅力的な

収入や快適さ、地位などが得られるため、特に望ましい。

やさしい英語で： Especially good or desirable, often because it brings money, comfort, or importance.

• He got a plum job.
• She landed a plum role in the new film.
• Why do the same people always get the plum assignments?

類義語： desirable, choice, coveted

反対語： undesirable

よく使う表現： a plum job, a plum role, a plum assignment

プラム色の

少し赤みがかった濃い紫色の。

やさしい英語で： Having a dark purple color with some red in it.

• She wore a plum coat.
• The bedroom walls are plum.
• Would plum curtains look good with this carpet?

類義語： plum-colored

よく使う表現： plum lipstick, a plum dress, plum walls

すっかり、完全に

一部だけではなく、すっかり全部。

やさしい英語で： Completely or entirely.

• I'm plum tired.
• He plum forgot to lock the door.
• After working all day, we were plum worn out.

類義語： completely, totally, utterly

反対語： partly

よく使う表現： plum tired, plum forgot, plum worn out