cackling
鳴く
解説 Definition
cackling は cackle（甲高く鳴く、かん高く笑う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。ニワトリやガチョウなどがガアガア、コッコッと騒がしく鳴く様子を表します。
Cackling is the repeated, harsh, broken cry made by birds such as hens or geese. As a noun or gerund, it refers to the act or sound of those birds calling noisily.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 cackle に -ing を付ける際、語末の e を取って cackling となります。語自体が鳥の騒がしい鳴き声をまねた擬音的な語です。hens or geese cackling「雌鶏やガチョウがけたたましく鳴いている」という場面を思い浮かべ、静かな chirping「さえずり」と区別します。
Link cackling to its base verb cackle, an imitative word whose sharp sounds suggest the noisy calls of hens and geese. To form cackling, drop the final e of cackle and add -ing. Picture several hens in a yard producing repeated, broken calls: the hens are cackling, and the noise is their cackling. This is louder and harsher than chirping, which usually suggests the short, lighter sounds of small birds. The same verb can describe shrill human laughter, but here the intended image is specifically noisy birds.
例文
The hens were cackling in the yard.
雌鶏たちが庭でコッコッと鳴いていました。
We heard geese cackling near the pond.
池の近くでガチョウがガアガア鳴く声が聞こえました。
The farmer opened the gate while the birds kept cackling loudly.
鳥たちが大きな声で鳴き続ける中、農夫は門を開けました。
cackling の類義語・関連語
cackling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 cakelen に由来する擬音語で、ガチョウや鶏の鳴き声を模した言葉。オランダ語 kakelen やドイツ語 gackeln とも同源。関連語に cackle（けたたましく笑う）があり、鳥の鳴き声から人の甲高い笑い声へと意味が広がった。
Cackling is formed from cackle by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Cackle comes from Middle English cakelen and is imitative of the broken, harsh calls of hens, geese, and similar birds. Related forms appear in Dutch kakelen and German gackeln. English later extended the bird-sound meaning to a person’s loud, shrill, or unpleasant laughter, although the present sense concerns birds calling.
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