curving
曲がる
解説 Definition
curving は動詞 curve の現在分詞で、「曲がっている」「曲線を描きながら進む」という動作や状態を表します。道路、川、線、ボールの動きなどがまっすぐではなく弧を描くときに使われます。
Curving is the present participle of curve. It describes something bending, turning, or moving in a smooth arc rather than continuing in a straight line, and it can also modify a line, road, river, or other shape with such a course.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 curve「曲がる・曲げる」の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた現在分詞 curving で、発音の核 /kɜːrv/ は保たれます。a road curving around a hill、a ball curving through the air のように、直線から外れて弧を描く動きを連想しましょう。curved は完成した形、curving は進行中の動きや連続する形を強調します。
Start with the verb curve, “bend or move in an arc.” To add -ing, drop the final silent e: curve becomes curving. The pronunciation keeps the /kɜːrv/ sound of the base. Picture a road curving around a hill, a river curving across a plain, or a ball curving through the air. Each leaves a straight path and follows an arc. Curved often presents the completed shape of something, while curving can emphasize movement in progress or a line that continues to bend along its course.
例文
The road is curving around the hill.
その道路は丘の周りを曲がっている。
She watched the ball curving through the air.
彼女はボールが空中で曲がって進むのを見た。
A curving line connects the two points on the map.
曲がった線が地図上の2点を結んでいる。
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curving の語源・成り立ち Etymology
curving は curve「曲げる・曲がる」の現在分詞形です。curve は古フランス語 courbe を経て、ラテン語 curvus「曲がった」にさかのぼり、-ing が動作の進行を表します。curved や curvature も同じ語根です。
Curving is formed from curve by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Curve entered English through French courbe and ultimately comes from Latin curvus, meaning bent or crooked. The verb developed from the noun and adjective idea of a bent line or form. In modern use, curving presents the action or continuing state of bending, turning, or traveling along an arc rather than a straight path.
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