Yoko Ogawaの短編 "Dormitory" を読んでいます。
"Do you remember how the river crabs used to come into the garden while we were sitting on the porch helping Grandmother clean string beans? He seemed to be wandering back to a summer afternoon in the country.
"string beans" は細長い豆の様ですが、推測できるのはインゲンだけですが、辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a type of bean that is a long thin green pod, cooked and eaten whole as a vegetable
・Collins Dictionary: String beans are long, very narrow green vegetables consisting of the cases that contain the seeds of a climbing plant.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: UK also French bean),US also string bean or green bean: Other crops which contribute to the economy are potatoes, carrots, corn, sweetpeas, string beans and herbs.
最後に引用した辞書には写真も載っているのでリンクを付けました。
"Do you remember how the river crabs used to come into the garden while we were sitting on the porch helping Grandmother clean string beans? He seemed to be wandering back to a summer afternoon in the country.
"string beans" は細長い豆の様ですが、推測できるのはインゲンだけですが、辞書を見ます。
・Oxford English Dictionary: a type of bean that is a long thin green pod, cooked and eaten whole as a vegetable
・Collins Dictionary: String beans are long, very narrow green vegetables consisting of the cases that contain the seeds of a climbing plant.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: UK also French bean),US also string bean or green bean: Other crops which contribute to the economy are potatoes, carrots, corn, sweetpeas, string beans and herbs.
最後に引用した辞書には写真も載っているのでリンクを付けました。
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