English Dictionary

preserve

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹəˈzɜːv/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits. / A reservation, a nature preserve. / An activity with restricted access.

日本語の意味

果実を原料としたジャムのような甘い食品 / 自然保護区など、環境保護を目的とした区域 / 特定の人だけが参加できる、アクセスが制限された活動

She spread the orange preserve on her toast before adding a slice of cheddar.

彼女はトーストにオレンジジャムを塗り、チェダーチーズのスライスをのせた。

意味（1）

A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.

意味（2）

A reservation, a nature preserve.

Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.

意味（3）

An activity with restricted access.

No one can argue with that—neither the Army Commander nor Zhilinsky nor even the Grand Duke. That is the Emperor’s preserve. The Emperor says France must be saved. We can only do his bidding.

preserves （ plural ）