渡すこと
解説 Definition
ferrying は、人や物を船などで水上を渡すこと、または二つの場所の間で繰り返し運ぶことです。ここでは動詞 ferry の動名詞として、運ぶ行為を表します。
The activity of carrying people or goods across water, or of transporting them repeatedly between two places, especially by boat or another vehicle.
使い方 Usage
- ferrying passengers across a river のように、運ぶ対象を直後に置き、across で横切る場所を示します。 In ferrying passengers across a river, the object follows ferrying, and across introduces the place being crossed.
- to は行き先、between A and B は往復する二つの場所を示します。 Use to for the destination and between A and B for the two places served by repeated trips.
使い分け Common distinctions
- 同じ形は現在分詞にもなります。was ferrying は「渡していた」という動詞の進行形です。 The same form can be a present participle. Was ferrying is a progressive verb form meaning that someone or something was transporting people or goods.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
ferry「船などで渡す・繰り返し運ぶ」に -ing を付けた形です。語末の y は変えず、小舟が川を往復する場面と結び付けましょう。
Add -ing to ferry without changing the final y. Picture a small boat making repeated trips across a river.
例文
Ferrying passengers across the river takes about ten minutes.
乗客を川の向こうへ渡すのには約10分かかります。
Ferrying workers between the docks became part of the daily routine.
作業員を埠頭の間で運ぶことが、日々の仕事の一部になりました。
ferrying の類義語・関連語
ferrying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ferrying は ferry に動作名詞の -ing が付いた形です。ferry は古英語 ferian「運ぶ・渡す」にさかのぼり、同根語に fare があるので、もともと「向こう側へ運ぶ」感覚から「渡すこと」の意味になったと分かります。
Ferrying is the -ing form of ferry. The verb ferry descends from Old English ferian, meaning “to carry, convey, or bring across,” and is related to fare through a Germanic root associated with going or traveling. Adding -ing forms a participle or an action noun, so ferrying denotes the continuing activity or process of carrying someone or something between places.
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