バターを塗る
解説 Definition
butter は、パンなどにバターを塗るという意味の動詞です。日本語の「バター」は名詞として使うことが多いですが、英語では動作を表す動詞としても使えます。
To butter something is to spread butter on it, especially on bread, toast, rolls, or a cooking surface. The verb normally takes the food or surface receiving the butter as its direct object.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
日本語では「バター」という物の名前だが、英語ではその名詞をそのまま動詞にして「バターを塗る」と言える。butter the bread、butter my toast、lightly butter the rolls のように、塗る対象を直後に置く。他の物を広く「塗る」spread と違い、butter は塗る物がバターだと一語で示す、と覚える。
You already know butter as the food called バター. English can use the same word as a verb, meaning “to put or spread butter on something.” Picture breakfast and learn the whole action phrase: butter my toast. Other useful patterns are butter the bread lightly and butter the rolls before dinner. Unlike the general verb spread, butter tells you exactly what substance is being applied. The object after the verb is the food or surface receiving it, not the butter itself: you butter bread, toast, a pan, or a baking dish.
例文
I butter my toast every morning.
私は毎朝トーストにバターを塗ります。
Please butter the bread lightly.
パンに軽くバターを塗ってください。
She will butter the rolls before dinner.
彼女は夕食前にロールパンにバターを塗ります。
butter の類義語・関連語
類義語
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butter の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 butere から、ラテン語 butyrum、さらにギリシャ語 boutyron に遡る。bous（牛）+ tyros（チーズ）で「牛のチーズ」が原義。関連語: buttermilk、butterfly。動詞用法は「パンにバターを塗る」から転じた。
Butter entered English through Old English butere, ultimately from Latin butyrum and Greek boutyron. The Greek word has traditionally been analyzed as combining elements meaning “cow” and “cheese,” although the deeper history is not completely certain. English first used butter as the noun for the dairy product. The verb developed naturally through conversion, with no added suffix: to butter bread means to apply the substance named by the noun to bread or another surface.
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