ステーキ
解説 Definition
ステーキという意味です。ふつうは厚めに切った肉を焼いた料理を指し、特に牛肉について使われることが多いです。日本語の「ステーキ」とほぼ同じ意味です。
A steak is a thick, usually flat piece of meat that is cooked by grilling, frying, or broiling. Used without further description, it most often means beef, though the word can also appear in expressions such as tuna steak or pork steak.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
steak は日本語の「ステーキ」とほぼ同じですが、英語では一枚に切った肉や魚にも使え、単独なら特に牛肉を指すことが多い語です。cook／grill／order a steak、steak for dinner の組み合わせで覚えます。発音は /steɪk/ で、stake「杭・賭け金」と同音なので綴りに注意しましょう。
English steak closely matches the Japanese loanword, but remember that it names a cut as well as the cooked dish. Without a modifier, it usually refers to beef; with another noun, it can describe a thick cut such as tuna steak. Learn it with common verbs: order a steak, cook a steak, or grill a steak. It is pronounced /steɪk/. Stake has exactly the same pronunciation but means a pointed post, an interest in something, or money risked on an outcome, so use the ea spelling for the food.
例文
I ordered steak for dinner.
私は夕食にステーキを注文しました。
This steak is hot.
このステーキは熱いです。
My father cooked steak at home.
父は家でステーキを焼きました。
steak の類義語・関連語
steak の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古ノルド語 steik（焼き肉）が語源で、steikja（串に刺して焼く）に由来する。stick（突き刺す）と同じゲルマン語根を持つ。串刺しにして火であぶる調理法がそのまま料理名になった語で、バイキング時代の北欧文化が英語に残った好例。
Steak comes from Old Norse steik, referring to roasted meat, and is related to the Old Norse verb steikja, “to roast.” These forms belong to a Germanic group associated with piercing or fastening meat for cooking and are historically related to stick. The word entered English in the Middle English period. Its meaning developed from meat roasted on a spit to the familiar thick slice of meat, especially beef, prepared by grilling or frying.
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