drumming
太鼓を叩く
解説 Definition
drumming は drum（太鼓を叩く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。太鼓やドラムを叩く動作を表し、演奏中の行為や活動名として使えます。
Drumming is the act or activity of playing a drum or drums by striking them, especially as part of a musical performance. As a verb form, it can describe this action while it is in progress.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
drum「太鼓を叩く」に -ing を付ける際、短母音＋子音で終わるため m を重ねて drumming とします。動作の進行なら is drumming、活動名なら enjoy drumming の形です。drummer「ドラマー」、drumbeat「太鼓の音」と結び付け、実際に繰り返し打つ場面を思い浮かべます。
Start with the verb drum, “to play a drum by striking it.” Because drum is a short, one-syllable word ending in one vowel followed by one consonant, the final m is doubled before -ing: drum becomes drumming. Picture repeated beats in a music room. In He is drumming, the form is part of the present progressive and shows an action in progress. In The children enjoyed drumming, it functions as a gerund naming the activity. Link it with drummer, the person, and drumbeat, the sound or rhythmic pattern.
例文
He is drumming in the music room.
彼は音楽室で太鼓を叩いています。
The children enjoyed drumming after school.
子どもたちは放課後に太鼓を叩くことを楽しみました。
Her drumming became stronger as the song got faster.
曲が速くなるにつれて、彼女の太鼓の演奏は力強くなりました。
drumming の類義語・関連語
drumming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
drumming は drum「太鼓」に動作を表す -ing が付いた形。drum は中期オランダ語 tromme などゲルマン系語にさかのぼり、打音を思わせる語感をもつ。関連語は drummer、drumbeat。
Drumming is formed from drum by doubling the final m and adding -ing. The noun drum and its related verb entered English in the sixteenth century and are associated with Germanic forms such as Middle Dutch tromme, referring to the percussion instrument. English then developed the verb “to drum” for producing beats on it, and the -ing form came to denote either the continuing action or the activity itself.
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