cornering
コーナリング
解説 Definition
cornering は corner（角を曲がる、追い詰める）の-ing形で、ここでは車や自転車などがカーブを曲がることを表します。日本語の「コーナリング」と同じく、運転や走行性能の話でよく使われます。
Cornering is the act or manner of guiding a vehicle, bicycle, or similar means of transport through a bend. The term is also used for a vehicle's ability to turn smoothly, safely, and with stable handling.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
corner「角・曲がり角」に -ing を付け、車や自転車がカーブを曲がる動作・性能を表します。語末の無音 e はなく、そのまま cornering です。smooth cornering、safe cornering、improve cornering の組み合わせを、タイヤが路面を捉えて滑らかに曲がる場面と結び付けましょう。
Start with corner as a bend in a road, then add -ing to name the action or quality of moving through that bend. The spelling is simply cornering; no letter is dropped or doubled. Picture a car holding its line on a mountain road. Common combinations include “smooth cornering,” “safe cornering,” “cornering ability,” and “tires improve cornering.” In this transport sense, the word is about turning performance and technique, not the other meaning of cornering someone by trapping or confronting them.
例文
The car's cornering felt smooth on the mountain road.
山道でその車のコーナリングは滑らかに感じられました。
Good tires improve cornering in wet conditions.
良いタイヤは雨の日のコーナリングを向上させます。
The instructor taught safe cornering at low speed.
教官は低速での安全なコーナリングを教えました。
cornering の類義語・関連語
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cornering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 cornu（角）→ 古フランス語 corniere（角・隅）→ 英語 corner に動名詞語尾 -ing が付いた語。建物の「角」から道の「曲がり角」へ転じ、車がカーブを曲がる動作を表すようになった。関連語: corner（角）、cornucopia（豊穣の角＝角笛型の容器）。
Cornering is formed from corner and the suffix -ing. Corner entered English through Old French forms connected with Latin cornu, meaning “horn,” an object characterized by its projecting point. The noun developed the senses “angle” and “place where a direction changes,” and corner consequently became a verb meaning to go around a bend. In motoring and cycling, cornering came to denote both that turning action and the quality with which it is performed.
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