chugging
一気飲み
解説 Definition
chugging は chug（一気に飲む、ゴトゴト進む）の動名詞・現在分詞です。ここでは飲み物を休まず勢いよく飲む「一気飲み」を表し、くだけた場面でよく使われます。
Chugging is the present participle or gerund of chug and, in this sense, means drinking a beverage continuously, rapidly, and in large swallows. It is informal and often suggests finishing a substantial amount without pausing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 chug に -ing を付ける際、短母音＋子音字で終わるため g を重ねて chugging とする。ここでは chug water や chug the whole bottle のように、止まらず勢いよく飲む場面を思い浮かべる。sip は少しずつ飲む対照語で、gulp は大きく飲み込む一回ごとの動作にも使える。
Start with chug and apply the spelling rule for a stressed short vowel followed by one final consonant: double the g before adding -ing, producing chugging. Picture a runner rapidly drinking a bottle of water without stopping. That continuous, forceful action is the key image. Compare sip, which means taking very small amounts slowly, and gulp, which can emphasize one large swallow or several hurried swallows. Chugging is informal and often suggests consuming much or all of a drink in one sustained effort; in other contexts, chug can describe an engine moving noisily.
例文
He was chugging water after the long run.
彼は長いランニングの後、水を一気に飲んでいました。
Stop chugging soda so fast.
そんなに速くソーダを一気飲みするのはやめなさい。
She regretted chugging the whole bottle at once.
彼女はボトル一本を一気に飲み干したことを後悔しました。
chugging の類義語・関連語
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chugging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
19世紀の英語で、蒸気機関車の駆動音「チャグチャグ」を模した擬音語に由来する。動詞chugに接尾辞-ingが付き、飲み込むリズムやゴクゴクという音へ意味が転じた。同じく飲食音から派生した「gulp（がぶ飲み）」が関連語である。
Chugging is formed from chug by doubling the final g and adding -ing. Chug arose in nineteenth-century English as an imitative word associated with the repeated sound of a working steam engine or similar machine. The verb later developed additional senses based on rhythmic, forceful repetition. Its informal drinking sense evokes taking successive large swallows, possibly with noticeable gulping sounds, until much or all of the beverage has been consumed.
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