ベルト
解説 Definition
belting は belt（ベルト、帯）の動名詞・現在分詞にあたる形ですが、名詞では機械や装置に使うベルト類、またはベルト材料を指します。衣服のベルトよりも、工業用の帯状の部品について使われることが多い語です。
Belting is material made into belts or a collective term for belts used in machinery, especially continuous belts that transmit power or carry items on conveyors. It commonly refers to industrial rubber, fabric, leather, or similar strip material rather than a clothing accessory.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
belt に -ing を付けた形ですが、ここでは動作ではなく、コンベヤーなどに使う「ベルト類・ベルト材料」の集合名詞です。rubber belting、conveyor belting、check the belting for wear のように、機械の中で物を運ぶ帯状部品を思い浮かべます。
Start with belt and add -ing, but in this entry belting is an industrial noun, not the action of fastening a belt or hitting something. Picture the continuous strip running around rollers on a conveyor and carrying boxes through a factory. This makes common combinations such as rubber belting, conveyor belting, and replacement belting easy to remember. Technicians inspect belting for cracks, stretching, and wear. Although it has the form of a gerund or present participle, the relevant meaning here is the material or collection of machine belts.
例文
The factory replaced the old belting on the conveyor.
工場はコンベヤーの古いベルトを交換しました。
Rubber belting is used to move boxes through the machine.
ゴム製のベルトは、箱を機械の中で運ぶために使われます。
The technician checked the belting for cracks and wear.
技術者はベルトにひびや摩耗がないか確認しました。
belting の類義語・関連語
belting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
belting は belt に名詞化の -ing が付いた語。belt は古英語を経て、さらにラテン語 balteus「帯・剣帯」に連なるとされ、「腰に巻く帯」が中心イメージだった。そこから「ベルト用の帯状素材」や総称の belting となり、belted も同じ語幹をもつ。
Belting is formed from belt and the noun-forming suffix -ing. Belt came into Old English through Germanic usage and is ultimately associated with Latin balteus, meaning a belt or sword belt. The central image of a flexible band worn around the body broadened to include bands used to transmit motion or carry materials, producing the industrial collective and material noun belting.
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