パタパタ
解説 Definition
flopping は flop（ばたっと落ちる、ぱたぱた動く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。柔らかい物や体の一部が力なく、または大きくぱたぱた動く様子を表します。
Flopping is the -ing form of flop and describes something falling, hanging, or moving about heavily and without firm control. It is often used for a fish, a loose object, or a body part making broad, limp movements.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 flop の短母音＋子音字で終わる形なので、最後の p を重ねて -ing を付けたのが flopping です。発音も flop の音を保ちます。魚が甲板でばたつく、緩い靴やぬれた布が力なくパタパタ当たる場面を想像し、flap より重く不規則な動きと覚えます。
Start with the base verb flop, which suggests a heavy, loose, or uncontrolled fall or movement. Because flop ends in a short vowel followed by one consonant, the p is doubled before -ing: flop becomes flopping. Picture a fish flopping on a deck or a wet towel flopping against a basket. These images capture the word’s broad, limp, irregular motion. Compare flap, which often suggests quicker repeated movement, especially of wings; flopping usually feels heavier and less controlled.
例文
The wet towel was flopping against the side of the basket.
ぬれたタオルがかごの側面に当たってぱたぱたしていました。
His loose shoes kept flopping as he walked down the hall.
彼のゆるい靴は、廊下を歩くたびにぱたぱた音を立てていました。
The fish was flopping on the deck until it was placed back in water.
その魚は水に戻されるまで、甲板の上でぱたぱた跳ねていました。
flopping の類義語・関連語
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flopping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
flopping は flop「どさっと落ちる・ばたつく」に -ing が付いた形で、flop はおそらく擬音的な近代英語です。重く鈍い音の感じがそのまま「パタパタ・ばたっ」という動きの意味につながりました。関連語は flap と floppy です。
Flopping is made from flop and the suffix -ing. The final p is doubled because flop has a stressed short vowel followed by a single consonant. Flop appeared in modern English and is generally regarded as imitative or expressive in origin, suggesting the sound or sensation of a heavy, loose fall. Its meaning later extended to uncontrolled repeated movement and, separately, to complete failure.
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