echoing
響く
解説 Definition
echoing は、echo（反響する、響く）の現在分詞で、響いている、反響するという意味です。音が空間の中で繰り返し聞こえる様子を表します。
Echoing describes a sound that is repeated or reflected through a space, often making it seem prolonged or distant. It can also be the present participle of echo when a sound is continuing to reverberate.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 echo に -ing を付けた現在分詞・形容詞で、echo の末尾 e は落とさず echoing と書きます。発音も原形 /ˈekoʊ/ に /ɪŋ/ を続けた形です。echoing footsteps「響く足音」、echoing voice「反響する声」のように、広い廊下や空の部屋で音が繰り返し返る場面と結び付けましょう。
Start with the base verb echo, then add -ing without dropping the final o: echoing. Its pronunciation keeps echo and adds the usual “ing” sound. Imagine footsteps in an empty hall or a voice traveling through a tunnel; the sound returns from the surfaces and is heard again. Common combinations include echoing footsteps, an echoing voice, and echoing music. As an adjective, it describes the repeating sound. As a present participle, it appears in forms such as “Her voice was echoing.” This direct link to echo makes both the spelling and meaning easy to retain.
例文
We heard echoing footsteps in the hall.
私たちは廊下に響く足音を聞きました。
The echoing music filled the empty room.
響く音楽が空っぽの部屋に広がりました。
Her voice was echoing through the tunnel.
彼女の声がトンネルの中に響いていました。
echoing の類義語・関連語
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echoing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ギリシャ語 ēchō（音を返す）が語源で、ギリシャ神話の妖精エコー（Ēchō）の名にもなった。片思いで衰え声だけが残ったという伝説が「こだま・反響」の意味の由来。関連語に echolocation（反響定位）、echocardiogram（心エコー図）がある。echo に -ing がついた形容詞で「反響する」を表す。
Echo entered English through Latin from Greek ēchō, referring to a reflected or repeated sound. The word is also associated with Echo, the nymph of Greek mythology who was left able only to repeat the words of others. Echoing is formed regularly from echo plus the suffix -ing; the final o remains in the spelling. Modern related formations include echolocation and echocardiogram, both involving reflected sound waves.
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