overcooked
加熱しすぎた
解説 Definition
食べ物を必要以上に加熱してしまった状態。調理し過ぎにより、食材が硬くなったり、本来の風味が失われたりした状態を指します。
If food is overcooked, it has been cooked for too long, so its texture or taste becomes worse. It is often dry, hard, soft in a bad way, or less fresh-tasting than it should be. This word is mainly used when talking about meals and cooking results.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cook「料理する」が分かれば、over- が付いて「やりすぎた cook」だと押さえやすい語です。overwork, overeat などと同じで、over- は「過剰に」の合図。特に steak, vegetables, pasta など食べ物に使われ、「火を通しすぎて硬い・パサつく・風味が落ちる」場面を思い浮かべると定着します。人や議論に使う「やりすぎ」の overdo とは違い、overcooked はまず料理の仕上がりを言う語です。
Break it into `over + cooked`. You already know `over-` from words like `overeat` and `overwork`, where it means "too much." Think of food like steak or pasta cooked too long, and the word becomes easy to remember.
例文
The meat became overcooked and tough.
肉が加熱しすぎて硬くなりました。
She left the vegetables on the stove too long and they were overcooked.
彼女は野菜をストーブに長く置きすぎて、加熱しすぎになりました。
Overcooked pasta loses its texture and taste.
加熱しすぎたパスタは食感と味を失います。
overcooked の類義語・関連語
overcooked の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overcooked は古英語 ofer 由来の over-「過度に」と cooked から成る語です。cook は古英語 coc を経てラテン語 coquere「料理する」に通じ、文字どおり「料理しすぎた」で、意味は形のまま。関連語に overdo, concoct があります。
Overcooked is made from over-, from Old English ofer meaning "too much" or "above," and cooked. Cook came into English through Old English and Old French, from Latin coquere, meaning "to cook." So the word first meant simply "cooked too much," and its meaning has stayed very close to that literal sense; related words include overdo and concoct.
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