brawling
乱闘
解説 Definition
brawling は brawl（乱闘する、騒々しくけんかする）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞としては、公共の場などでの乱闘やけんか騒ぎを表します。
Brawling is the activity of fighting noisily and physically, especially in a public place and often involving several people. It can function as a verbal noun or as the present participle of brawl.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 brawl「大声を伴う乱闘・けんか」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の l は重ねません。名詞用法では street brawling や stop the brawling のように、殴り合いを含む騒々しい集団的なけんかを思い浮かべましょう。口論だけの arguing より物理的で荒々しい語です。
Connect brawling directly with the base verb brawl, meaning to fight noisily and physically. The form is made simply by adding -ing; the final l is not doubled. Picture police stopping a chaotic fight outside a stadium or in a street. This scene distinguishes brawling from arguing, which may involve only words. Common patterns include street brawling, drunken brawling, and stop the brawling. As a noun, it names the fighting itself; as a participle, it can describe people who are fighting.
例文
The police stopped the brawling outside the stadium.
警察はスタジアムの外で起きた乱闘を止めました。
Brawling in the street led to several arrests.
路上での乱闘により、数人が逮捕されました。
The report described the brawling as sudden and chaotic.
報告書では、その乱闘は突然で混乱したものだったと説明されていました。
brawling の類義語・関連語
brawling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
brawlingは中英語braulen（騒ぐ・口論する）に由来し、オランダ語brallen（自慢する・わめく）やドイツ語prahlen（自慢する）と関連。brawl（乱闘）、brawler（喧嘩好き）が同根語。大声で騒ぎ立てる様子が乱闘の意味に発展した。
Brawling is formed from brawl plus the suffix -ing. Brawl entered English through Middle English forms such as braulen, referring to noisy quarrelling or fighting. Its more distant history is not completely certain, although it has been compared with Dutch brallen and German prahlen, words associated with loud or boastful speech. The sense developed from loud, aggressive quarrelling to physical fighting.
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