freezing
凍結する
解説 Definition
freezing は freeze（凍る、凍結する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。水などが凍っていく動作や、物事が凍結される状態を表します。
Freezing is the present participle and gerund of freeze. It refers to a liquid becoming solid through cold, or to the process of making food or another substance extremely cold so that it freezes.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
freezing は freeze「凍る・凍らせる」の現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の無音の e を取って -ing を付け、freeze → freezing となり、発音は /ˈfriːzɪŋ/ です。water is freezing「水が凍りつつある」と freezing food「食品を冷凍すること」を対で覚えると、自動詞と他動詞の用法を整理できます。
Start with the base verb freeze. To form freezing, remove the final silent e and add -ing: freeze becomes freezing, pronounced /ˈfriːzɪŋ/, with a /z/ sound in the middle. Remember two useful patterns. In “The water is freezing,” the substance itself is becoming solid. In “Freezing food keeps it fresh,” freezing is the process applied to food. This contrast connects the form with both its present-participle use in a continuing action and its gerund use as the name of an activity.
例文
The water is freezing in the bottle.
ボトルの中の水が凍りかけています。
Freezing food keeps it fresh longer.
食品を冷凍すると、より長く新鮮に保てます。
The lake started freezing during the cold night.
寒い夜の間に湖が凍り始めました。
freezing の類義語・関連語
類義語
freezing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 frēosan（凍る）に由来し、ゲルマン祖語 *freusaną に遡る。印欧語根 *preus-（凍る、燃える）が起源。関連語: freeze, frost。frost と同根で、冷たさで固まる現象を表す。資産凍結など比喩的用法にも広がった。
Freezing is formed from freeze by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Freeze comes from Old English frēosan and ultimately from a Germanic source reconstructed as *freusaną. It is historically related to frost, another word connected with severe cold and the formation of ice. The verb first described physical changes caused by cold and later developed figurative uses, such as stopping activity or preventing assets from being moved.
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