salt

塩

食べ物に味をつけたり長く保存したりするための白い物質。

やさしい英語で： A white substance added to food for taste or to keep it fresh longer.

• Pass the salt, please.
• I added a little salt to the soup.
• Too much salt can make food unpleasant to eat.

類義語： sodium chloride

よく使う表現： table salt, sea salt, salt and pepper

疑い、懐疑心

特定の表現で、聞いたことをすべて信じず疑って受け止める態度。

やさしい英語で： In certain phrases, a doubtful attitude that stops you from believing everything you hear.

• Take that claim with a pinch of salt.
• I took the online reviews with a grain of salt.
• Her predictions should always be taken with a pinch of salt.

使い方： take something with a grain/pinch of salt (Take his stories with a grain of salt.)

類義語： skepticism, doubt

反対語： credulity

よく使う表現： grain of salt, pinch of salt

塩

酸と塩基が反応してできる化学物質。

やさしい英語で： A chemical substance made when an acid reacts with a base.

• The reaction produced a salt.
• Some salts dissolve easily in water.
• The students made a copper salt in the laboratory.

よく使う表現： soluble salt, metal salt, salt solution

塩分を含む、塩辛い

海水のように塩分を含んでいること。

やさしい英語で： Containing the white substance found in seawater that gives it a strong taste.

• These fish live in salt water.
• The island has several salt lakes.
• Fresh water mixed with salt water near the river mouth.

類義語： salty, saline

反対語： fresh

よく使う表現： salt water, salt lake, salt marsh

塩漬けの

長く保存できるように塩で処理された食べ物についていう。

やさしい英語で： Preserved with a white, strong-tasting substance so the food can be kept longer.

• We ate salt beef.
• Soak the salt cod before cooking it.
• The sailors carried barrels of salt pork on long voyages.

類義語： salted, salt-cured

よく使う表現： salt beef, salt pork, salt fish

塩を加える、塩をまく

食べ物に塩を加えたり、氷を溶かすため道路に塩をまいたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To add a white, strong-tasting substance to food, or spread it on roads to melt ice.

• Salt the water before adding pasta.
• She salted the fish and put it in the oven.
• Workers salted the roads before the snow arrived.

よく使う表現： salt the water, salt the meat, salt the roads

散りばめる

大きなもののあちこちに、何かを少しずつ入れたり置いたりすること。

やさしい英語で： To put small amounts of something in different places throughout a larger thing.

• She salted the story with jokes.
• The writer salted his essay with references to old films.
• Their conversation was salted with words from several languages.

使い方： salt something with something (He salted his speech with jokes.)

類義語： sprinkle, scatter, pepper

よく使う表現： salt with jokes, salt a speech, salt with references

塩をまく

破壊された土地に、二度と人が住まないようにという意味で塩をまくこと。

やさしい英語で： To spread a white mineral over destroyed land as a sign that nobody should live there again.

• The conquerors salted the land.
• After destroying the town, the army salted its ruins.
• They salted the earth as a warning against rebuilding.

よく使う表現： salt the earth, salt the land, salt the ruins