distorting
歪める
解説 Definition
distorting は distort（歪める、ゆがませる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。形、音、事実、印象などを本来とは違う形に変えてしまうことを表します。
Distorting is the present participle or gerund of distort. It describes changing the shape, sound, appearance, meaning, or factual presentation of something so that it no longer accurately represents its original or true form.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 distort に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /dɪˈstɔːrtɪŋ/。ラテン語の「ねじる」という核から、本来の形・音・事実を別の姿に曲げると捉えます。鏡が像を、スピーカーが声を、話者が事実を distorting している場面を並べると、物理的・比喩的用法を一緒に覚えられます。
Begin with distort and add -ing directly: distorting, pronounced /dɪˈstɔːrtɪŋ/. Keep the image of twisting something away from its proper form. An uneven mirror may be distorting a reflection, an overloaded speaker may be distorting a voice, and a biased speech may be distorting the facts. The first two are physical or technical changes; the last is a figurative change in how information is presented. This shared “twisted away from the original” image connects all the uses and distinguishes distorting from merely changing, which does not necessarily imply inaccuracy or damage.
例文
The old mirror was distorting her reflection.
古い鏡は彼女の姿をゆがめて映していました。
The loud speaker was distorting the singer's voice.
大音量のスピーカーが歌手の声をゆがませていました。
He was criticized for distorting the facts in his speech.
彼は演説で事実を歪めたとして批判されました。
distorting の類義語・関連語
distorting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源はラテン語distorquēre。接頭辞dis-（離れて）と語根torquēre（ねじる）を組み、「本来の姿からねじり外す」イメージで転じて「歪める」になりました。同語根のtorque（回転力）やcontort（よじる）と比べれば、「ねじれ」の核心が納得できるでしょう。
Distorting is formed from distort plus the participial ending -ing. Distort comes from Latin distorquere, “to twist apart or deform,” combining dis-, expressing separation or movement apart, with torquere, “to twist.” The same twisting root appears in torque and contort. A literal change of shape gave rise to figurative senses in which sounds, facts, meanings, or impressions are altered so that they no longer represent the original accurately.
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