clawing
引っ掻く
解説 Definition
clawing は claw（爪で引っかく、かきむしる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。名詞的には、爪や手で強く引っかく行為を指します。
Clawing is the act of scratching, scraping, or pulling forcefully with claws, fingernails, or claw-like hands. As a gerund, it can refer to repeated action that leaves marks, causes damage, or produces a scraping sound.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
clawing は claw「かぎ爪で引っかく」＋ -ing の動名詞・現在分詞で、語末を重ねずそのまま付けます。claw /klɔː/ から clawing /ˈklɔːɪŋ/ となり、母音が続く二音節です。名詞用法では the cat's clawing や repeated clawing のように、爪や手で強く引っかく行為そのものを表します。
Build clawing from claw, the curved nail of an animal or the verb meaning to scratch with such nails. Add -ing directly, without doubling the final letter: claw becomes clawing. Claw is pronounced /klɔː/, while clawing is /ˈklɔːɪŋ/, with the -ing forming a second syllable. As a noun-like gerund, clawing names the activity itself, as in the cat’s clawing or repeated clawing. Picture a cat dragging its claws across a wooden door and leaving marks; this connects the physical claw, the forceful scratching action, and the resulting damage.
例文
The cat's clawing left small marks on the wooden door.
猫が引っかいたため、木のドアに小さな跡が残りました。
I heard clawing at the back of the cabinet.
戸棚の奥で引っかく音が聞こえました。
Repeated clawing damaged the old leather chair.
何度も引っかかれて、古い革の椅子は傷みました。
clawing の類義語・関連語
clawing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
clawing は claw「かぎ爪・引っかく」と動作を表す -ing から成り、claw は古英語 clawu にさかのぼる。もとは曲がった爪そのものを指し、その爪でかく動作を表すようになって「引っ掻くこと」の意味になった。関連語は declaw, clawed。
Clawing is formed from claw and the action-forming suffix -ing. Claw comes from Old English clawu, the word for a sharp, curved nail on the foot of an animal, and has relatives in other Germanic languages. The noun later produced the verb meaning to scratch, seize, or tear with claws. The -ing form can describe an ongoing action or name the act itself.
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