adhering
付着している
解説 Definition
adhering は adhere（付着する、くっつく）の現在分詞です。物が表面にしっかり付いている状態を表し、接着剤・ほこり・ラベルなどについて使われます。
Sticking firmly to a surface or object and remaining attached to it. This present participle is used of materials such as dust, labels, paper, or adhesive substances, commonly in the pattern “adhering to” something.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 adhere の語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞が adhering で、発音は /ədˈhɪərɪŋ/。ad-「〜へ」＋ラテン語系の「くっつく」という構造を意識し、dust adhering to paint、label adhering to glass のように adhere to＋表面で覚えます。ここでは規則などへの「順守」ではなく物理的な付着です。
Form adhering from adhere by dropping the final silent e before adding -ing. It is pronounced /ədˈhɪərɪŋ/. The core image is one thing moving toward another and staying attached, which matches the historical elements behind adhere. Learn it with the preposition to: dust adhering to wet paint, a label adhering to glass, or paper adhering to tape. Adhere to can also mean “follow a rule,” but the examples here use the physical sense, so picture an object that sticks firmly to a surface and does not fall away.
例文
Dust was adhering to the wet paint.
ほこりが乾いていないペンキに付着していました。
The label is adhering firmly to the glass bottle.
ラベルはガラス瓶にしっかり付着しています。
Small pieces of paper were adhering to the tape.
小さな紙片がテープに付着していました。
adhering の類義語・関連語
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adhering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
adheringはadhereの現在分詞で、ラテン語adhaerere「〜にくっつく」に由来します。ad-「…へ」+haerere「付着する」の組み合わせなので、「寄って離れない」がそのまま付着や固守の意味になりました。関連語はadhesive、coherentです.
Adhering is the present participle of adhere, formed by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Adhere entered English through Latin adhaerēre, from ad-, “to” or “toward,” and haerēre, “to stick” or “cling.” The literal idea is being stuck to something. English also developed a figurative sense of remaining faithful to a rule or belief, but the physical sense directly underlies uses involving labels, dust, and surfaces.
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