eating
食べること
解説 Definition
「eating」（食べること）とは、食物を口に入れて咀嚼し、飲み込む行為全般を指します。生命維持に不可欠な行為であると同時に、文化的・社会的な意義も持つ人間の基本的な活動です。健康的な食習慣を保つことは身体的・精神的健康にとって重要とされています。
The act or activity of taking food into the mouth, chewing it, and swallowing it. The noun can also refer more broadly to a person’s dietary habits or customary way of consuming food.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 eat に -ing を付けた形で、語末の t は重ねず eating と綴り、発音は /ˈiːtɪŋ/ です。動名詞なら Eating slowly is healthy. のように「食べること」を名詞として表します。eating out「外食すること」、healthy eating「健康的な食生活」という定番表現と結び付け、現在進行形との違いは文中の役割で判断します。
Start with the base verb eat and add -ing without doubling the final t: eat becomes eating. As a gerund, eating names the activity itself, as in “Eating slowly aids digestion.” It can also appear in useful combinations such as healthy eating, eating habits, and eating out. Distinguish this noun use from the present progressive by checking its role: in “Eating is important,” it functions as the subject and means “the act of eating”; in “She is eating,” it combines with is to describe an action in progress.
例文
Eating a balanced diet is essential for maintaining good health.
バランスのよい食事を摂ることは、良好な健康を維持するために不可欠だ。
She enjoys eating out at new restaurants on weekends.
彼女は週末に新しいレストランで外食するのを楽しんでいる。
Eating slowly allows you to enjoy the flavors and aids digestion.
ゆっくり食べることで風味を楽しめるとともに、消化を助ける効果もある。
eating の類義語・関連語
eating の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 etan（食べる）の現在分詞形。ゲルマン祖語 *etaną、印欧祖語 *h₁ed-（食べる）に遡る。ラテン語 edere（食べる）と同根で、edible（食用の）はここから派生。食の行為そのものを指す基本語。関連語：edible、eat。
Eating is formed from eat plus the Germanic participial and gerund suffix -ing. Eat descends from Old English etan and ultimately from a Proto-Germanic verb reconstructed with the meaning “eat.” It is also related at a deeper Indo-European level to Latin edere, “to eat.” That Latin connection appears in English words such as edible, although edible was borrowed through Latin and French rather than formed directly from eat. The noun eating developed naturally from the verb form denoting the activity.
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