caress
意味一覧 (3件)
愛撫する
解説 Definition
優しく触れたり撫でたりして、愛情や親密さを伝える動作です。肌や髪など、柔らかい部分に手を滑らせながら行い、相手に安心感や温もりを与えます。
To caress means to touch someone or something gently and lovingly. It is usually used for affectionate physical contact, especially with a hand. The word has a soft, emotional feeling and is often used in personal or literary contexts.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
care を知っていると覚えやすい語。caress は「careするように触れる」感覚で、ただ touch するのではなく、愛情やいたわりをこめて、そっとなでる動き。caress a baby's cheek, caress her hair のように、頬・髪・肌などやわらかい対象と相性がよい。stroke も「なでる」だが、caress のほうが親密さや優しさが強い。乱暴な grab や単なる touch と対比すると定着しやすい。
Connect it loosely with `care`, because `caress` feels like touching with care. It is softer and more loving than just `touch.` Think of common phrases like `caress her hair` or `caress a baby's cheek` to fix the gentle feeling in memory.
例文
She caressed his cheek tenderly as he slept.
彼が寝ている間、彼女はその頬を穏やかに撫でた。
The mother caressed her baby's soft skin.
その母親は赤ちゃんの柔らかい肌を優しく撫でた。
He caressed the dog's fur gently.
彼は犬の毛をそっと撫でた。
なでる
(意味 2)解説 Definition
やさしく触れる
例文
She would caress her cat gently as it purred.
彼女は猫がゴロゴロと鳴く間、やさしくなでた。
He caressed her cheek lovingly.
彼は愛をこめて彼女の頬をなでた。
The soft caress was comforting to the tired child.
優しい撫では疲れた子を慰めた。
優しくなでる
(意味 3)解説 Definition
人や動物の体、髪、頬などに手をやさしく滑らせるように触れることを表します。性的な含みが強い場合よりも広く、思いやり・愛情・いたわりのこもった触れ方に使われます。風や光が何かにそっと触れるような比喩表現でも用いられます。
To caress someone or something means to touch them gently by moving your hand softly over the body, hair, face, or skin. It is often used for a touch that shows care, affection, or tenderness, not only for a sexual meaning. The word can also be used in a figurative way when wind, light, or water seems to touch something softly.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
caress は「愛情をこめて優しくなでる」という動作を表す動詞です。語源はラテン語 carus「大切な、愛しい」にさかのぼり、単なる touch より感情が強く、stroke より親密でやわらかな響きがあります。caress someone's cheek や caress a baby's hair のように、手でそっと触れて安心や愛情を伝える場面で覚えると定着します。
Inside apparent, you can see appear. This can help you remember the idea of something that seems to be true from what you can see, without saying it is certainly true. Use it in phrases like apparent reason, apparent confidence, or apparent lack of interest, where something looks that way from the outside but is not fully confirmed.
例文
She gently caressed the child's hair until he fell asleep.
彼女は子どもの髪を優しくなでて、眠りにつかせた。
He reached out to caress the old dog's head.
彼は手を伸ばして老犬の頭を優しくなでた。
The evening breeze caressed her face as she stood by the window.
夕方のそよ風が、窓辺に立つ彼女の顔をそっとなでた。
caress の類義語・関連語
caress の語源・成り立ち Etymology
caress はフランス語 caresse、さらにイタリア語 carezza を経て、ラテン語 carus「愛しい」にさかのぼるとされます。中心にあるのは触れる動作より「いとおしさ」なので、ただ触るのでなく、やさしくなでる「愛撫する」意味になりました。関連語は charity, cherish。
Caress came through French caresse and Italian carezza, and it is often linked to Latin carus, meaning "dear" or "beloved." The central idea was affection rather than simple touch. Because of that, the word came to mean touching someone in a gentle, loving way; cherish and charity are from the same wider root family.
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