English Dictionary

green

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡɹiːn/

形容詞

比喩的用法 人間対象 古風 歴史的 フィリピン英語 小辞

Having green as its color. / (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell. / Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen. / (figuratively) Inexperienced.

日本語の意味

緑色であること、つまりその対象が緑色である状態を指す。 / （比喩的に）体調が優れない、病弱な状態を指す。 / 未熟な、特に果物が色の変化を伴って熟す前の状態を示す。 / （比喩的に）経験不足である、初心者である状態を表す。

The green bicycle leaned against the fence.

緑色の自転車がフェンスにもたれていた。

意味（1）

Having green as its color.

The former flag of Libya is fully green.

意味（2）

(figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.

Sally looks pretty green—is she going to be sick?

意味（3）

Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.

意味（4）

(figuratively) Inexperienced.

John's kind of green, so take it easy on him this first week.

意味（5）

(figuratively) Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.

a green manhood

意味（6）

(figuratively, of people) Naive or unaware of obvious facts.

意味（7）

(figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.

He was green with envy.

意味（8）

(figuratively) Environmentally friendly.

green energy

意味（9）

(cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount of moisture.

意味（10）

(dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.

意味（11）

(dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.

We say the meat is green when half roasted.

意味（12）

(film, television, historical) Of film: freshly processed by the laboratory and not yet fully physically hardened.

Following initial drying of film in a motion picture laboratory (after treatment in a hardening-fixing bath) the gelatin structure of an emulsion contracts and is permanently changed. The hardening action still continues for a time as a further small amount of residual moisture is given up. While traces of excess moisture remain, the emulsion is green, relatively soft, […]

意味（13）

Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more flexible or springy.

That timber is still too green to be used.

意味（14）

(wine) High or too high in acidity.

意味（15）

(Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.

意味（16）

(particle physics) Having a color charge of green.

意味（17）

Being or relating to the green currencies of the European Union.

the green pound

greener （ comparative ）

greenest （ superlative ）