fainting
失神
解説 Definition
fainting は faint（失神する、気を失う）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人が意識を失いかけている状態や、失神すること自体を表すときに使います。
Fainting is the act or process of briefly losing consciousness, usually because the brain temporarily receives insufficient blood flow. As a present participle, it can also describe a person who is in the process of losing consciousness.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 faint にそのまま -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/ です。feel close to fainting なら「失神しそう」、Fainting can happenなら「失神すること」。sleeping と違って自然な睡眠ではなく、一時的に意識を失う現象だと区別し、dizzy、heat、stand too long と結びつけます。
Begin with the base verb faint and add -ing directly: fainting, pronounced /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/. It can function as a gerund naming the event, as in “Fainting can happen in the heat,” or as a present participle describing someone losing consciousness. Link it with warning signs and situations from the examples: feeling dizzy, standing too long, heat, and being close to fainting. Unlike sleeping, fainting is not a normal resting state; it is a brief, involuntary loss of consciousness. Also distinguish the verb faint from the adjective faint, which can mean weak, slight, or difficult to see or hear.
例文
She felt dizzy and was close to fainting.
彼女はめまいがして、失神しそうでした。
Fainting can happen when someone stands too long in the heat.
暑い中で長く立っていると、失神が起こることがあります。
The nurse helped the patient who was fainting in the hallway.
看護師は廊下で失神しかけていた患者を助けました。
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fainting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
fainting は faint + -ing で、faint は古フランス語 faint/feint、さらにラテン語 fingere「形づくる・作り出す」に由来します。関連語は feign と fiction で、「本物の力が出ないほど弱る」という流れから「失神する・失神」になりました。
Fainting is the -ing form of faint. Faint entered English through Old French faint or feint, a participial form related to feindre, “to pretend or shrink back,” ultimately from Latin fingere, “to shape or form.” In English, faint developed senses connected with weakness and lack of strength, then the verbal meaning “to lose consciousness.” The present form simply adds -ing without changing or doubling the final consonant because faint ends in the consonant cluster -nt.
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