English Dictionary

thick tea

名詞

イギリス英語 古風

(chiefly Britain, dated) High tea or an informal late afternoon or early evening meal, more substantial than afternoon tea. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thick, tea.

日本語の意味

英国（古風な表現）において、アフタヌーンティーよりも内容が充実している、高茶やハイティーに相当する、遅い午後または早い夕方に食される非公式な食事。

When unexpected guests arrived at dusk, my grandmother quickly set out a thick tea of stews, bread, and cheese.

想定外の客が夕暮れに訪れると、祖母は急いでシチューやパン、チーズのハイティーを用意した。

意味（1）

(chiefly Britain, dated) High tea or an informal late afternoon or early evening meal, more substantial than afternoon tea.

Her appearance, her dress, her manners; what they were pleased to term her stand-offishness; her shortcomings as a housekeeper; her ignorance in the matter of mending under-linen; her novel-reading and piano- playing — all these had been toothsome morsels, far more enjoyable than the heavy pies, the thick chops, and the sardines which figured in that horrible Mesopotamian meal known as a thick tea; and had been picked to the very bone.

意味（2）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see thick, tea.

Americans prefer 'pointy,' light- flavored, high-grown teas from Dimbula or Nuwara Eliya; the English like 'thick' teas, with more body, from Uva," he explained.

thick teas （ plural ）