butter

バター

牛乳から作る柔らかく黄色い食品。パンに塗ったり料理に使ったりする。

やさしい英語で： A soft yellow food made from milk, used on bread and in cooking.

• I like butter on toast.
• Melt the butter in a small pan.
• Did you put any butter in this cake?

よく使う表現： spread butter, melted butter, salted butter, butter on toast

生計の糧、収入源

「bread and butter」で、収入の大部分を得る仕事や事業。

やさしい英語で： In 'bread and butter', the work or business that provides most of someone's income.

• Repairs are our bread and butter.
• Teaching was her bread and butter for years.
• We cannot afford to lose our bread-and-butter business.

類義語： livelihood

よく使う表現： bread and butter, bread-and-butter work, bread-and-butter business

生活の基本、暮らしの問題

「bread and butter」で、仕事やお金など生活に必要な基本的なもの。

やさしい英語で： In 'bread and butter', the basic practical things people need, such as jobs and money.

• Voters care about bread-and-butter issues.
• Housing is a bread-and-butter concern for many families.
• The debate focused on bread-and-butter questions such as wages.

よく使う表現： bread and butter, bread-and-butter issues, bread-and-butter concerns

滑らかな着陸

航空機がほとんど衝撃なく、とても滑らかに着陸すること。

やさしい英語で： A very smooth landing by an aircraft.

• That landing was butter.
• The wheels touched the runway gently: pure butter.
• After several rough attempts, his final landing was total butter.

よく使う表現： total butter, pure butter

バターを塗る

パンなどの食べ物にバターを塗る。

やさしい英語で： To spread the yellow food made from milk on bread or other food.

• Please butter the toast.
• She buttered two slices of bread.
• Would you like me to butter your roll?

よく使う表現： butter toast, butter the bread, butter a roll