砲撃
解説 Definition
bombarding は bombard（砲撃する）の動名詞・現在分詞で、「砲撃すること」「砲撃」という意味です。軍事的な攻撃の継続的な動作を表すときに使われます。
Bombarding is the act or process of repeatedly attacking a place with artillery shells or bombs. As the present participle of bombard, it can also describe forces that are carrying out such a sustained attack.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bombardingはbombardに-ingを付けた形で、語末を変えずbombardingと綴り、発音は/bɒmˈbɑːrdɪŋ/などとなります。軍事文脈では「継続して砲撃すること」を表し、the bombarding of a fortやheavy bombardingと結び付けます。bombardmentがより一般的な名詞で、bombardingは進行中の動作を強く感じさせます。
Take the base verb bombard, meaning to attack repeatedly with artillery or bombs, and add -ing directly: bombard becomes bombarding. The stress remains on the second syllable. Imagine shells continuing to strike a fort through the night; the ongoing action matches the -ing form. Useful patterns include the bombarding of the fort and forces bombarding a position. Bombardment is the more usual standalone noun for the attack as an event, while bombarding places stronger attention on the action in progress. The verb can also be figurative, but this entry focuses on military attack.
例文
The bombarding of the fort continued through the night.
その砦への砲撃は夜通し続きました。
Residents heard bombarding from the hills outside the town.
住民たちは町の外の丘から砲撃の音を聞きました。
The report described heavy bombarding near the border.
その報告書は国境付近での激しい砲撃について述べていました。
bombarding の類義語・関連語
bombarding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
フランス語「bombarder」から派生し、元は中世の大砲「bombarde」を撃つことを意味した。さらにラテン語「bombus」（ブンブンという音）、ギリシャ語「bombos」に遡る。砲弾の轟音が語源の核にある。関連語：bomb、bombardment。
Bombarding is the -ing form of bombard. English bombard came through French bombarder, originally associated with firing a bombarde, a type of early cannon. Bombarde is related through Latin bombus to Greek bombos, words imitating a deep humming or booming sound. The history therefore connects the verb with both an artillery weapon and the loud noise of firing it.
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