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解説 Definition
flaring は flare（急に燃え上がる、広がる、強くなる）の動名詞・現在分詞です。炎や光が急に強くなること、また裾や形が外側に広がることを表します。
Burning or shining suddenly and strongly, or spreading outward into a wider shape. This -ing form of flare can describe an action in progress, such as a flame becoming brighter or a skirt widening as it moves.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 flare に -ing を付ける際、語末の無音の e を落として flaring となります。flare の発音を保ったまま「フレアリング」に近く発音します。炎や光が急に強まる像を核にし、candle や light なら「ぱっと燃え上がる」、skirt なら「裾が外へ広がる」と目的語で意味を見分けましょう。
Connect flaring to the base verb flare. Drop the final silent e before adding -ing: flare becomes flaring, while the vowel sound of flare remains. Keep one central image in mind—something suddenly spreading outward. With a candle or light, that outward burst appears as greater flame or brightness. With a skirt, trousers, or another shape, it means widening toward the edge. The same image also supports figurative uses in which anger, pain, or conflict suddenly becomes stronger. Check the subject to select the exact sense: a flame flares, a skirt flares, and a problem flares up.
例文
The candle was flaring in the sudden draft.
ろうそくの炎は急なすきま風でぱっと燃え上がっていました。
Her skirt was flaring slightly as she turned.
彼女が振り向くと、スカートの裾が少し広がっていました。
The light kept flaring whenever the machine started.
機械が動き始めるたびに、その光はぱっと強くなりました。
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flaring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
flaring は flare の現在分詞で、語源は中英語 flare(n)「外へ広がる・揺らめく」とされ、さらに北欧語系またはオランダ語系にさかのぼる説があります。flare + -ing で、炎や光がぱっと広がる像から「燃え上がる・急に激しくなる」の意味が育ちました。関連語は flare-up、flared です。
Flaring is formed from flare by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Flare is recorded in Middle English in forms associated with spreading outward or flickering. Its deeper origin is uncertain, and proposed connections include northern European or Dutch-related forms, so no single remote source is secure. The modern senses remain linked by the visible image of expansion: a flame or light grows suddenly stronger, while clothing or another shape widens toward the outside.
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