cursing
呪う
解説 Definition
cursing は curse（呪う、ののしる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人に災いが起こるよう願う「呪う」という意味のほか、強い怒りをこめて悪態をつく場合にも使われます。
The present participle or gerund of curse, meaning to call for supernatural harm to come upon someone or something. It can also mean using angry, offensive language, though here it primarily refers to placing a curse.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 curse「呪う・悪態をつく」の語末の黙字 e を落として -ing を付け、cursing となります。発音も curse の /kɜːrs/ に /ɪŋ/ が続く形です。cursing an enemy「敵を呪う」なら災いを願う意味、cursing loudly なら悪態をつく意味になり、目的語や状況で見分けます。
Link cursing to the base verb curse. To form it, drop the silent final e and add -ing; the sound of curse remains, followed by /ɪŋ/. For the target sense, picture a witch cursing a castle or a person secretly cursing an enemy: spoken words are imagined to bring misfortune. Context separates this from the everyday sense of swearing. Cursing an enemy or a traveler suggests a supernatural curse, while cursing loudly after an accident usually means using offensive language. As a gerund, cursing names the act; in a progressive form, it describes the action in progress.
例文
The old story tells of a witch cursing the castle.
その古い物語は、魔女が城を呪う話です。
He was accused of cursing his enemy in secret.
彼はひそかに敵を呪ったとして非難されました。
In the legend, cursing a traveler brings misfortune to the village.
その伝説では、旅人を呪うと村に不幸が訪れるとされています。
cursing の類義語・関連語
cursing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cursing は古英語 cursian にさかのぼり、名詞 curse からできた語です。さらに起源は教会ラテン語 cursus との関連も説かれますが未確定で、-ing は動作を表す語尾。curse, accursed も同系で、「災いを言葉で呼び寄せる」が核です。
Cursing is formed from curse by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Curse comes from Old English curs, a noun for a prayer or wish that harm should befall someone, and the related verb cursian. Its origin before Old English is uncertain, so proposed links with ecclesiastical Latin remain speculative. The suffix -ing allows the verb to function as a participle or as the name of an activity.
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