decorating
飾る
解説 Definition
decorating は decorate（飾る、装飾する）の動名詞・現在分詞です。形容詞的に、何かを飾っている、または装飾に関わるという意味で使われます。
Used before a noun to describe materials, people, ideas, or activities involved in adding ornament or making a place or object more attractive, especially for a particular event or purpose.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 decorate の語末の無音 e を落として -ing を付け、decorating /ˈdekəreɪtɪŋ/ となる。ここでは decorating paper/team/ideas のように名詞の前に置き、「飾り付け用の・装飾に関わる」を表す。decorative が物の装飾的な性質を述べるのに対し、decorating は作業や用途との関係を示しやすい。
Begin with decorate, “make something more attractive by adding ornament.” Before -ing, the silent final e is removed: decorate becomes decorating, pronounced /ˈdekəreɪtɪŋ/. In the target use, it appears before nouns to show a connection with the activity or purpose of decoration: decorating paper, a decorating team, and decorating ideas. Picture a team preparing a classroom for a party. Decorative usually describes an object’s ornamental appearance or function, while decorating often points to the work, materials, or plans used in the process of adding decoration.
例文
She bought decorating paper for the party.
彼女はパーティーのために飾りつけ用の紙を買いました。
The decorating team arrived early in the morning.
飾りつけの担当チームは朝早く到着しました。
We need simple decorating ideas for the classroom.
教室のための簡単な飾りつけのアイデアが必要です。
decorating の類義語・関連語
decorating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
decorating は decorate に -ing が付いた形で、ラテン語 decorare「飾る、美しく整える」に由来します。もとは decorus「ふさわしい、美しい」に結び付き、ただ飾りを足すのでなく「場に似合うよう整える」感覚があるため、装飾の意味が自然に理解できます。関連語は decor、decoration です。
Decorating is formed from decorate by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Decorate entered English through Latin decoratus, the past participle of decorare, “to adorn or beautify.” That verb is related to decor and decorus, conveying what is fitting, proper, or attractive. The historical development connects decoration with arranging or adorning something appropriately. In modern use, decorating can modify nouns associated with the activity of adding ornament.
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