プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
たね【種】
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❶〔種子〕a seed
みかん［りんご］の種
pips of an orange [apple]
桃［梅］の種
the stone of a peach [plum]
くるみの種
the kernel of a walnut
種なしぶどう
seedless grapes
庭に種をまいた
We planted seeds in the garden.
畑に穀物の種をまく
seed [sow] a field with grain
ぶどうの種を取り除く
「remove the seeds from [seed] grapes
まかぬ種は生えぬ
One must sow before one can reap.
❷〔血統，産種〕a breed, a stock；〔子〕a child
家畜の種のよいのが彼の自慢だ
He is proud of the good breed of his stock.
一粒種
one's only child
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❶〔原因，材料〕(a) cause; a source
心配の種
a source [cause] of anxiety [worry]
話［新聞記事］の種
a topic [subject] of conversation [a news story]
小説の種
material for a novel
争いの種
the cause of strife／an apple of discord／a bone of contention
災いの種
the seeds of trouble
彼は物笑いの種だった
He was the butt of our ridicule.
彼はいつも災いの種をまく男だ
He is always planting the seeds of trouble.
思い出すも涙の種
The thought brings tears into [to] my eyes.
自分でまいた種は自分で刈り取れ
You must reap what you have sown.
❷〔料理の材料〕ingredients
あのすし屋は種がいい
They use good fish at that sushi shop.
❸〔手品などの仕掛け〕a trick
手品の種
a magician's trick
種も仕掛けもありません
There is no secret trick to this.／I have no tricks up my sleeve.
手品の種を明かしましょう
I'll show you how the trick is done.
種を宿す
彼女は彼の種を宿した
She became pregnant by him.
しゅ【種】
❶〔種類〕a kind, a sort, a class ((of))
この種のソフトはよく売れる
Software of this kind sells well.
その種の間違いはやむを得ない
That sort of mistake cannot be helped.
あの種の人間とはうまくゆかない
I cannot get along with 「men of that type [that sort of man].
❷〔動植物の分類単位〕a species ((単複同形))
『種の起源』
The Origin of Species