English Dictionary

lime

IPA（発音記号）

/laɪm/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 俗語

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon. / Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.

日本語の意味

ライム：緑色の柑橘類の一種で、レモンよりも小ぶりで酸味が際立つ果実。 / ライムの木：ライムを生産する樹木、特にキーレイム（Citrus aurantiifolia）を指す。

I squeezed a lime into the salsa to brighten the flavor.

風味を引き立てるために、小さくてレモンより酸味の強い緑色の柑橘類をサルサに絞った。

意味（1）

Any of several green citrus fruit, somewhat smaller and sharper-tasting than a lemon.

意味（2）

Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.

意味（3）

(uncountable) A brilliant, sometimes yellowish, green colour associated with the fruits of a lime tree.

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意味（4）

(fandom slang) A fan fiction story which contains sexual references, but stops short of full, explicit descriptions of sexual activity (coined by analogy with lemon).

WARNING: This is a lime. While it does not show explicit sex, as a lemon would, references to sexual situations abound.

limes （ plural ）