dropping
落とす
解説 Definition
dropping は drop（落とす、落ちる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。物を下に落とす動作や、何かが下がっている状態を表すときに使います。
Dropping is the present participle and gerund form of drop. It describes causing something to fall, falling or decreasing to a lower position or level, or the activity and possibility of letting an object fall.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
drop は短母音の後に子音 p が一つあるため、-ing を付けると p を重ねて dropping となり、語尾は /ɪŋ/ と発音します。drop the ball「ボールを落とす」、temperature is dropping「気温が下がる」の二場面で、物の落下と数値の低下を結び付けましょう。名詞的には「落とすこと」を表します。
To form dropping, add -ing to drop and double the final p because drop ends in a single consonant after a short stressed vowel. The ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Keep one downward image for its main uses: a ball falls from someone’s hand, a phone may fall to the floor, or a temperature moves to a lower number. Thus dropping can describe a deliberate or accidental physical fall as well as a decrease in a measurement. As a gerund, it names the action, as in “Be careful about dropping your phone.”
例文
He is dropping the ball.
彼はボールを落としています。
Be careful about dropping your phone.
携帯電話を落とさないように気をつけてください。
The temperature is dropping quickly.
気温が急に下がっています。
dropping の類義語・関連語
dropping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
dropping は drop「落とす・落ちる」に動名詞・名詞語尾 -ing が付いた語です。drop は古英語 dropa や droppian にさかのぼり、「しずくがぽたりと落ちる」動きが核なので、dropping はそのまま「落とすこと・落下」を表します。関連語は droplet, raindrop。
Dropping is formed from drop with a doubled p before the ending -ing. Drop is Germanic and is related to Old English dropa, a drop of liquid, and droppian, meaning to fall in drops. The early image was a small amount of liquid falling downward, but the verb broadened to describe objects falling, people letting things fall, and quantities decreasing. Droplet and raindrop preserve the older connection with small units of liquid.
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