agitating
かき混ぜる
解説 Definition
agitating は agitate（かき混ぜる、揺り動かす）の現在分詞・動名詞です。液体などを物理的にかき混ぜる意味で使えるほか、人を動揺させる意味もありますが、ここでは主にかき混ぜる動作を表します。
Agitating is the process of repeatedly moving, shaking, or stirring a liquid or mixture so that its contents circulate or combine. As a participle, it describes a person or machine performing that physical action, especially in technical, laboratory, or industrial contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 agitate の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形が agitating。発音は /ˈædʒɪteɪtɪŋ/ で、-tating- の部分を保つ。ここでは agitating the liquid、agitating the mixture のように、液体や混合物を連続して動かし「かき混ぜる」意味。人を「動揺させる」語義とは目的語で見分ける。
Agitating is the -ing form of agitate: drop the final silent e before adding -ing. Keep the full stem in pronunciation, /ˈædʒɪteɪtɪŋ/. For this sense, connect it with physical objects and technical settings: a machine agitates liquid in a tank, or a technician avoids agitating a mixture too quickly. The core image is repeated motion that keeps material circulating. Agitating can also mean upsetting someone emotionally or stirring up public action, so use the object to identify the sense. Liquids, mixtures, and solutions normally signal the physical meaning intended here.
例文
The machine is agitating the liquid in the tank.
その機械がタンク内の液体をかき混ぜています。
Avoid agitating the mixture too quickly.
混合物をあまり速くかき混ぜないでください。
The technician watched the device agitating the solution.
技術者は装置が溶液をかき混ぜる様子を見ていました。
agitating の類義語・関連語
agitating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 agitare（駆り立てる、揺り動かす）から。語根 agere（動かす、行う）に反復を示す接尾辞 -itare が付いた形。関連語：agent（行為者）、agile（機敏な）。「動かし続ける」が原義で、液体をかき混ぜる意味や、人の心を揺さぶり扇動する意味に発展した。
Agitating consists of agitate plus the participial ending -ing. Agitate comes from Latin agitare, “to drive, keep in motion, or stir repeatedly,” a frequentative form related to agere, “to do, act, or drive.” The repeated-motion element explains the physical sense of stirring or shaking a liquid. From the same central image, the verb also developed figurative meanings such as disturbing a person’s feelings or actively pressing a political or social cause.
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