chipping
欠け
解説 Definition
chipping は chip（欠ける、欠けさせる）の現在分詞・動名詞で、欠けることや欠けた状態を指します。塗装、陶器、歯、石材などの表面が小さく欠ける場面で使われます。
Chipping is the process, occurrence, or resulting condition in which small pieces break away from the surface or edge of an object. It commonly affects paint, pottery, teeth, stone, and similar materials.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
chipping は chip「小さく欠ける・欠けさせる」に -ing を付けた形です。短母音＋子音一字で終わるため p を重ねて chipping とし、発音は chip /tʃɪp/ に /ɪŋ/ を加えます。ここでは chips「破片」そのものより、塗装、皿、歯などが徐々に小さく欠ける現象や状態を表します。
Start with chip as a verb, meaning to break off a small piece or cause such a piece to come away. Because chip ends in one consonant after a short stressed vowel, the p is doubled before -ing: chip becomes chipping. The pronunciation is simply /tʃɪp/ plus /ɪŋ/. In this entry, chipping is a noun naming damage or the process that produces it. Picture tiny pieces missing from a plate’s edge, painted wall, or tooth. Unlike one large crack, chipping usually involves small fragments coming away from a surface or edge.
例文
The plate has chipping around the edge.
その皿は縁のあたりが欠けています。
Chipping appeared on the painted wall after the move.
引っ越しの後、塗装された壁に欠けが見られました。
The dentist checked the tooth for chipping.
歯科医はその歯に欠けがないか確認しました。
chipping の類義語・関連語
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chipping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語 chippen（削る・欠く）に由来し、古英語 *cippian（切る）と関連。小片を叩き落とす動作から「欠け」の意味に。ゴルフのチップショットも同語源。関連語: chip（かけら）、chisel（のみ、彫る道具）。
Chipping is the -ing form of chip, with the final p doubled according to the regular English spelling rule. The verb chip developed in Middle English with the sense of cutting, chopping, or breaking into small pieces and is related to the noun chip, “a small fragment.” Its deeper Germanic history is associated with cutting or splitting. The modern damage sense follows directly from the image of small pieces being knocked or worn away.
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