食器洗い
解説 Definition
食事のあとに皿、コップ、調理器具などを洗う家事のこと。主にイギリス英語で使われる。
The household task of washing plates, cups, cutlery, and cooking utensils after a meal, or the collection of dirty items waiting to be washed. The term is used mainly in British English.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
washing-up はイギリス英語の do the washing-up「食器を洗う」というまとまりで覚えるのが最も実用的です。washing だけでは洗濯を連想しやすいので、up まで含めて「食後の皿を片付け終える」場面を思い浮かべましょう。アメリカ英語では do the dishes が一般的です。help with the washing-up も家庭でよく使われます。
Learn the British phrase do the washing-up as one unit: it means to wash the dishes after a meal. Washing by itself may suggest laundry, so keep up attached and picture finishing the plates, cups, and pans in the sink. Other useful patterns are help with the washing-up and a lot of washing-up. In American English, do the dishes is the usual equivalent. Depending on context, the washing-up can mean either the chore itself or the dirty dishes waiting to be cleaned.
例文
I'll do the washing-up after dinner.
夕食のあとで私が食器を洗うよ。
Can you help me with the washing-up?
食器洗いを手伝ってくれる？
There's a lot of washing-up in the sink.
流しには洗う食器がたくさんある。
washing-up の類義語・関連語
washing-up の語源・成り立ち Etymology
washing-up は wash「洗う」の動名詞 washing と、副詞 up を結んだ複合名詞です。句動詞 wash up がイギリス英語で「食器を洗う」を意味し、そこから「食器洗い」という作業や洗うべき食器全体を表す名詞になりました。
Washing-up is a compound noun formed from washing, the verbal noun of wash, and the adverb up. It arose from the British use of the phrasal verb wash up to mean “wash plates and other utensils after a meal.” The noun consequently came to denote either the household activity or the dishes and utensils that need washing. The hyphen conventionally joins its two elements.
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