レタス
解説 Definition
レタスという意味です。主にサラダやサンドイッチに使う葉物野菜を指します。日本語の「レタス」とほぼ同じ意味で使われます。
Lettuce is a leafy vegetable commonly eaten raw in salads and sandwiches, though some varieties may also be cooked. The word usually refers either to the plant as food or to its crisp or tender leaves.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
lettuce はサラダやサンドイッチに使う葉野菜で、日本語の「レタス」とほぼ同じ。発音は日本語より「レティス」に近く、複数の玉を数えるなら heads of lettuce、葉なら lettuce leaves と表す。buy lettuce、fresh lettuce、put lettuce in a salad の組み合わせで、冷蔵庫にある一玉の葉野菜を思い浮かべる。
Connect lettuce with a fresh green head used in salads and sandwiches. The English pronunciation is closer to “LET-iss” than the Japanese katakana form may suggest. Lettuce is usually uncountable when speaking about the food: buy lettuce or add lettuce to the salad. To count whole plants, say a head of lettuce or two heads of lettuce; for individual pieces, say lettuce leaves. These common combinations make the noun easier to use naturally and keep it distinct from cabbage, which forms a tighter, heavier head.
例文
I bought lettuce.
私はレタスを買いました。
Put lettuce in the salad.
サラダにレタスを入れてください。
The lettuce is fresh.
そのレタスは新鮮です。
lettuce の類義語・関連語
lettuce の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 laitue を経てラテン語 lactuca に由来。lac（乳）が語根で、茎を切ると出る白い乳液にちなむ。「乳の出る草」が名前の由来と知ると覚えやすい。関連語: lactose（乳糖）、lactic（乳酸の）。
Lettuce entered English through Old French laitue, from Latin lactuca. The Latin name is associated with lac or lact-, meaning “milk,” because a cut lettuce stem can release a white, milky sap. This same Latin root appears in words such as lactic and lactose, although lettuce itself is a plant rather than a dairy product. The modern English form developed through ordinary sound and spelling changes after the word entered from French.
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