English Dictionary

earthy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɜː.θi/

形容詞

比喩的用法

Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth). / Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural. / (figuratively) Coarse and unrefined, crude. / Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.

日本語の意味

土に似た、土壌を思わせる / 率直で自然な、本物で人工的でない / （比喩的に）粗野で洗練されていない、下品な / 地球に関する、地球そのものの

The soup had an earthy flavor that brought to mind roasted root vegetables.

そのスープは土のような風味で、焼いた根菜を思い出させた。

意味（1）

Resembling dirt or soil (i.e. earth).

The earthy smell of fresh turned loam told me the farmer had started plowing this morning, the definitive sign of spring for me.

意味（2）

Down-to-earth, not artificial, natural.

She was an earthy soul, the salt of the earth as they say of such rural folk, untarnished by false civilization.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Coarse and unrefined, crude.

earthy humour

意味（4）

Like or resembling the earth or of the earth.

意味（5）

Covered with earth (mud, dirt).

He was wet through with the dew and quite earthy from diving into the burrows the Boy had made for him in the flower bed, and Nana grumbled as she rubbed him off with a corner of her apron.

earthier （ comparative ）

earthiest （ superlative ）