zest

柑橘類の皮、すりおろした皮

レモンやオレンジなどの薄い色付きの外皮。風味付けに使う。

やさしい英語で： The thin coloured outer skin of a lemon, orange, or similar fruit, used to add flavour.

• Add some lemon zest.
• She mixed orange zest into the cake batter.
• The recipe calls for the zest of two limes.

類義語： peel, rind

よく使う表現： lemon zest, grated zest, orange zest

熱意、生きる喜び

物事に取り組み、人生を楽しむための強い意欲や活力。

やさしい英語で： Strong energy and excitement about doing things and enjoying life.

• She works with real zest.
• His zest for life inspired his friends.
• The children approached every new activity with zest.

使い方： zest for something (Travelling gave her a new zest for life.)

類義語： enthusiasm, gusto, relish

反対語： apathy

よく使う表現： zest for life, with great zest, renewed zest

風味、刺激的な味

食べ物をよりおいしくする、強く爽やかな味や刺激のある風味。

やさしい英語で： A strong, fresh, or exciting taste that makes food more enjoyable.

• The sauce needs more zest.
• A little chilli adds zest to this soup.
• Fresh ginger gave the dish a welcome zest.

使い方： add zest to something (Fresh herbs add zest to the sauce.)

類義語： zing, piquancy

反対語： blandness

よく使う表現： add zest, extra zest, zest to something

活気、躍動感

演奏や歌い方に感じられる、生き生きとした勢いや活気。

やさしい英語で： Lively energy in the way music is played or sung.

• The band played with zest.
• Her singing brought zest to the final chorus.
• The performance lacked the zest of their earlier concerts.

類義語： energy, vigour, liveliness

反対語： listlessness

よく使う表現： play with zest, sing with zest, musical zest

皮をすりおろす

レモンやオレンジなどの薄い色付きの外皮を削ったりすりおろしたりする。

やさしい英語で： To scrape or grate the thin coloured outer skin from a lemon, orange, or similar fruit.

• Zest the lemon first.
• She zested two oranges for the cake.
• Have you zested the lime before squeezing it?

よく使う表現： zest a lemon, zest an orange, zest the lime