English Dictionary

alphabet soup

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法

A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers. / (figuratively) An overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.

日本語の意味

アルファベットの形をした麺が入ったスープ；文字や数字の形をした具材が入ったスープ料理 / 略語や頭字語が多すぎる状態、またはそのような状況を比喩的に表す表現

After a tough day at school, a warm bowl of alphabet soup from my grandmother made me feel better.

学校でつらい一日を過ごした後、祖母が作ってくれた文字の形をした麺のスープの温かい一杯が私を元気づけてくれた。

意味（1）

A type of soup that contains noodles in the shape of various alphabetical letters, sometimes also numbers.

意味（2）

(figuratively) An overabundance of acronyms and abbreviations.

And particularly in headlines and written materials, gay was used over LGBT. One ambivalent heterosexual ally explained this decision-making: I think there were several people who were sensitive to issues like that about do we use the word lesbian? Do we use the word transgender? And it's not that we didn't use those words, but in general, if you're doing a brochure and you have a headline, you don't include the whole alphabet soup.

意味（3）

A quantity of people or organizations that are referred to by acronyms.

alphabet soups （ plural ）