silverware

カトラリー、ナイフとフォーク類

食事に使うナイフ、フォーク、スプーン。

やさしい英語で： The knives, forks, and spoons used for eating.

• Put the silverware on the table.
• Is there any clean silverware in the drawer?
• The café gives customers plastic silverware with takeaway meals.

類義語： cutlery, flatware

よく使う表現： plastic silverware, silverware drawer, set out silverware

銀製品

皿や杯、飾りなど、銀で作られた品物。

やさしい英語で： Objects made from silver, such as dishes, cups, and decorations.

• The museum displays antique silverware.
• She polished the silverware before the guests arrived.
• Their collection of silverware includes an eighteenth-century teapot.

類義語： silver

よく使う表現： antique silverware, polish silverware, valuable silverware

トロフィー、タイトル

スポーツの大会で得たトロフィーや賞、または優勝などの実績。

やさしい英語で： Cups and other prizes won in sports competitions, or the success of winning them.

• The club won its first silverware.
• Fans expect more silverware this season.
• Despite reaching three finals, the team finished without any silverware.

類義語： trophies, honours

よく使う表現： win silverware, major silverware, chase silverware

銀色の品物

銀以外の素材でも、銀のような光沢のある灰色をした品物。

やさしい英語で： Objects with a shiny grey colour like silver, even if made from another material.

• The decorations were silverware made from painted plastic.
• This silverware has a shiny coating over cheaper metal.
• She arranged the silverware to match the room's grey decorations.

よく使う表現： decorative silverware, shiny silverware