English Dictionary

marble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmɑː.bəl/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 食肉 広義 比喩的用法

(transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

日本語の意味

材料や塗料などを混ぜ合わせ、不均一な混ざり具合を利用して大理石のような筋模様や渦巻模様を生じさせること。 / 液体やペースト状の物質を不完全に混ぜることで、大理石に見られるような斑点模様や模様を形成させること。

She used a toothpick to marble the cake batter before baking, creating elegant swirls.

彼女は焼く前に爪楊枝を使ってケーキ生地に大理石模様をつけ、優雅な渦巻き模様を作った。

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause (something to have) the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example by mixing viscous ingredients incompletely, or by applying paint or other colorants unevenly.

The small clouds which chequered the sky, as they passed along, spread their flitting shadows on the distant mountains, and seemed to marble them; a beauty which I do not recollect has struck any painter.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing of viscous ingredients, or the uneven application of paint or other colorants.

Scent the entire batch and then color half with the blue colorant. Pour both parts back into your soap pot. Do not stir. Pour in a circular motion into a block mold. The pouring action will cause the soap to marble.

意味（3）

(transitive) To cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

Their flesh is soft (tender), and they throw a portion of their fat among the lean so as to marble it. The beef is of a better quality and they take on fat much easier.

意味（4）

(intransitive, of meat, especially beef) To become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

We've gone mostly to black bulls — Angus bulls because today the packers like black cattle. They seem to marble better.

意味（5）

(by extension, figuratively) To lace or be laced throughout.

Was he the reason for the bitterness that seemed to marble her character?

marbles （ present singular third-person ）

marbling （ participle present ）

marbled （ participle past ）

marbled （ past ）