昨日 "pesto" を採り上げたので今日の単語も料理に関係ありそうに見えたのですが、"Toast handwarmers" と題されたReader's Digest 3月号の記事で使われている "toasty" は食べ物と関係はなさそうです。
These delightfully odd creations from Smoko Inc plug into a USB port (Mac or PC) and warm up. Your hands slide in to get, er, toasty, but your fingers are still free to type. They sell for around $US32 plus shipping. Quirky? Yes. Necessary? Not really. Unbelievably cute? Absolutely.
辞書で "toasty" の意味を調べます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: pleasantly or comfortably warm: felt snug and toasty by the fire
・Cambridge English Dictionary: comfortably and pleasantly warm: My feet feel so warm and toasty in the new slippers.
なるほど、しかし食べるトーストとの関係が気になります。 "toast" の意味もも辞書で再確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: to warm or be warmed in a similar manner ⇒ to toast one's hands by the fire
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to warm yourself or part of your body: He's just toasting his feet by the fire.
"toast" はこんな意味にも使われるのですね。
These delightfully odd creations from Smoko Inc plug into a USB port (Mac or PC) and warm up. Your hands slide in to get, er, toasty, but your fingers are still free to type. They sell for around $US32 plus shipping. Quirky? Yes. Necessary? Not really. Unbelievably cute? Absolutely.
辞書で "toasty" の意味を調べます。
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: pleasantly or comfortably warm: felt snug and toasty by the fire
・Cambridge English Dictionary: comfortably and pleasantly warm: My feet feel so warm and toasty in the new slippers.
なるほど、しかし食べるトーストとの関係が気になります。 "toast" の意味もも辞書で再確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: to warm or be warmed in a similar manner ⇒ to toast one's hands by the fire
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to warm yourself or part of your body: He's just toasting his feet by the fire.
"toast" はこんな意味にも使われるのですね。
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