bumping
ぶつかる
解説 Definition
bumping は bump（ぶつかる、ぶつける）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や物が軽く当たる動作を表し、進行形で「ぶつかっている」、動名詞で「ぶつかること」として使われます。
Bumping is the present participle or gerund of bump. It describes people or things making light, often repeated contact with one another or with a surface, especially accidentally or because of movement.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bumping は bump＋-ing で、「短母音＋子音」で終わるため p を重ねます。発音は bump /bʌmp/ に /ɪŋ/ を足した /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/。bump into a person、bump against a dock のように、強い衝突より軽く繰り返し当たる場面を思い浮かべます。
Start with the base verb bump, meaning to hit or knock against something, usually with limited force. To add -ing, double the final p because bump ends in a short vowel followed by a final consonant: bump becomes bumping, pronounced /ˈbʌmpɪŋ/. Picture people bumping into one another in a narrow hallway or a boat bumping against a dock. These patterns also clarify the prepositions: bump into commonly marks an accidental encounter, while bump against emphasizes repeated contact with a surface. The word usually suggests lighter contact than crash or collide.
例文
People kept bumping into each other in the narrow hallway.
狭い廊下で人々は何度も互いにぶつかっていました。
The boat was bumping against the dock in the wind.
風の中でボートが桟橋にぶつかっていました。
I heard boxes bumping together in the back of the truck.
トラックの荷台で箱同士がぶつかる音が聞こえました。
bumping の類義語・関連語
対義語
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bumping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bumping は bump＋-ing です。bump はおそらく北欧系の、どすんと当たる音をまねた語で、「ぶつかる」と「こぶができる」が近いのも、当たってふくらむ感覚が語源にあるからだと理解できます。関連語は bumpy, bumper。
Bumping is formed from bump plus the participial suffix -ing, with the final p retained and doubled in spelling. Bump has been used in English since the late Middle Ages and is generally regarded as imitative of the dull sound of a light blow or collision, though its exact earlier source is uncertain. The same physical idea appears in related words such as bumper and bumpy: something strikes, jolts, or produces an uneven surface.
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