自転車に乗る
解説 Definition
bicycling は bicycle（自転車に乗る）の現在分詞・動名詞で、「自転車に乗ること」という意味です。移動手段や運動、趣味としてのサイクリングを述べるときに使います。
Bicycling is the activity of riding a bicycle, whether for transportation, exercise, recreation, or sport. It is the present participle and gerund form of the verb “bicycle.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bicycling は動詞 bicycle に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e は落とさず bicycle＋-ing となります。発音では bicycle の最後の弱い音節に -ing が続きます。bicycling to school、enjoy bicycling の形で、移動・運動・趣味として自転車に乗る場面を覚えましょう。
Bicycling is the -ing form of the verb bicycle and means riding a bicycle as an activity. Unlike many verbs ending in silent e, bicycle keeps the e before -ing: bicycle plus -ing becomes bicycling. In pronunciation, the final weak syllable of bicycle flows into the -ing ending. Learn it in patterns such as bicycling to school, enjoy bicycling, and go bicycling. The word can describe transportation, exercise, recreation, or sport, depending on context.
例文
Bicycling to school takes him twenty minutes.
彼が自転車で学校へ行くには20分かかります。
She enjoys bicycling along the river on weekends.
彼女は週末に川沿いを自転車で走るのを楽しんでいます。
Bicycling is a practical way to travel in this small town.
この小さな町では、自転車で移動するのが実用的です。
bicycling の類義語・関連語
類義語
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bicycling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bicycling は bicycle＋-ing の形です。bicycle はフランス語 bicycle から入り、bi-「二」＋ cycle（ギリシャ語 kyklos「輪・円」由来）に分かれるので、「二つの車輪の乗り物に乗ること」が語の中心にあります。関連語は bicycle、tricycle。
Bicycling is formed regularly by adding -ing to the verb bicycle, with the final e retained. Bicycle entered English from French bicycle and combines bi-, “two,” with cycle, ultimately from Greek kyklos, “circle” or “wheel.” The compound originally identifies a vehicle characterized by two wheels. The -ing ending makes a present participle or gerund, allowing bicycling to describe an ongoing action or the activity of riding a bicycle.
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