English Dictionary

brownie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbɹaʊni/

名詞

くだけた表現 オーストラリア英語 ニュージーランド英語 口語 民族名 攻撃的 差別語

(cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. / (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.

日本語の意味

（料理）濃厚なチョコレートケーキを小さな正方形に切ったお菓子 / （民間伝承）ひそかに家事を手伝ってくれる小妖精のような存在

After the hike, we sat by the lake and shared a warm brownie.

ハイキングの後、私たちは湖のそばに座って、温かい小さな四角い濃厚なチョコレートケーキを分け合った。

意味（1）

(cooking) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate.

[…] if she ever found out she was dying, she'd just eat brownies all day and night until the very end.

意味（2）

(folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them.

Thus, offer Brownie a piece of bread, a cup of drink, or a new coat and hood, and he flouted at it, and perhaps, in his huff, quitted the place for ever ; but leave a nice bowl of cream, and some fresh honeycomb, in a snug private corner, and they soon disappeared, though Brownie, it was to be supposed, never knew any thing of them.

意味（3）

(paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor.

意味（4）

Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus.

意味（5）

(informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta).

意味（6）

(informal) The widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae.

Depending upon the species, fishers may harvest along the ocean floor for many rockfish and other groundfish, while hake, pollock, and some rockfish species (i.e. greenies and brownies) are targeted with mid-water trawls.

意味（7）

A girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts).

意味（8）

(Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass.

意味（9）

(ethnic slur, offensive) A person of Arab, Indian or Hispanic descent. Sometimes used for a Native American or Pacific Islander.

brownies （ plural ）