drinking
飲酒
解説 Definition
drinking は drink（飲む）の現在分詞・動名詞で、名詞としては「飲むこと」、特に「飲酒」という意味です。水やお茶を飲むことにも使えますが、文脈によってはお酒を飲むことを指します。
Drinking is the act or habit of consuming liquid. In contexts such as health advice, rules, or stopping a habit, it commonly refers specifically to consuming alcoholic beverages.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 drink「飲む」に -ing をそのまま付けた動名詞・名詞で、語幹の k も残り、/ˈdrɪŋkɪŋ/ と発音します。単なる「飲むこと」にもなりますが、stop drinking、no drinking、heavy drinking では特に「飲酒」を指すのが普通です。前後の語から酒の意味か判断しましょう。
Form drinking by adding -ing directly to the verb drink; the final k remains in both spelling and pronunciation. As a gerund or noun, it names the activity rather than a single drink. Context determines the liquid: drinking water clearly means consuming water, but stop drinking, no drinking, and heavy drinking commonly concern alcohol. Remember the example “He stopped drinking” as a typical reference to giving up alcohol. This context-based contrast will keep you from assuming that every occurrence of drinking necessarily means alcohol consumption.
例文
Drinking too much is not good.
飲みすぎはよくありません。
No drinking is allowed here.
ここでは飲酒は禁止されています。
He stopped drinking last year.
彼は去年、飲酒をやめました。
drinking の類義語・関連語
drinking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
drinking は drink に動名詞・名詞化の -ing が付いた語です。drink は古英語 drincan、さらにゲルマン祖語 *drinkaną に由来し、もとは「液体を取り込む」ことでした。そこから特に「飲酒」という行為名になりました。関連語は drunk, drinker。
Drinking consists of drink and the activity-forming ending -ing. Drink comes from Old English drincan and is related to other Germanic verbs meaning to take liquid into the mouth and swallow it. The -ing form developed both verbal and noun uses. Since alcoholic beverages are culturally prominent kinds of drink, the unmodified noun drinking often acquired the more specific sense of alcohol consumption.
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