プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
めし【飯】
❶〔米飯〕boiled rice
飯を炊く
boil [cook] rice
飯を茶碗によそう
serve [dish up] rice in a bowl
飯は何杯食ったか
How many bowls of rice did you eat?
❷〔食事〕a meal；〔食べ物〕food
飯を食う
eat／have a meal
飯の支度はまだか
Isn't breakfast [lunch/supper] ready yet?
彼は映画を見るのが三度の飯より好きだ
He'd rather see movies than eat.
飯の食い上げ
この仕事がなくなったら飯の食い上げだ
If I lose this job, I will starve.
飯の種
a means of making a living
大道で物を売って飯の種にしている
He earns his living by selling things on [《英》 in] the street.
飯を食う
❶〔生活する〕
絵筆では飯は食えない
He cannot 「make a living [earn his livelihood/earn his bread] by painting.
家族に飯を食わせるのは容易なことではない
It is not an easy task to support a family.
❷〔「…の飯を食う」の形で，…に勤める〕
役所の飯を食う
work at a government office
彼とはいっしょに法務省の飯を食った仲だ
He was my colleague at the Ministry of Justice.
飯炊き
〔飯を炊くこと〕cooking rice；〔料理人〕a cook；〔料理人を手伝う人〕a kitchen helper [maid]
飯茶碗
a rice bowl
飯粒
a grain of cooked rice
飯時
((at)) mealtime
飯屋
an eating house; a cheap restaurant