English Dictionary

chicken soup

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 比喩的用法 歴史的 俗語

Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient, often thought to cure everyday illnesses such as the common cold.

日本語の意味

鶏肉または鶏出汁を主要な材料として作られるスープ。一般的に風邪などの体調不良の緩和に効果があると信じられている。

My grandmother always makes chicken soup when anyone in the family catches a cold.

家族の誰かが風邪をひくと、祖母はいつも鶏肉のスープを作ってくれます。

意味（1）

Any soup made with either pieces of chicken or chicken broth as its main ingredient, often thought to cure everyday illnesses such as the common cold.

He should have guessed that her great-great-grandmother's secret chicken soup recipe was a can from the store.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A cure for a wide variety of illnesses or other problems.

Duct tape is the chicken soup of plumbing.

意味（3）

(figuratively) A mixed-up mush.

His hand got caught in a meat grinder and turned into chicken soup.

意味（4）

(biochemistry, slang, historical) The aqueous solution of nutrients used in the Viking lander biological experiments to detect microbial Martian life.

chicken soups （ plural ）