gurgling
ゴロゴロ
解説 Definition
gurgling は gurgle（ゴボゴボ、ゴロゴロと音を立てる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。水が流れる音や、お腹・のどなどから出る低く泡立つような音を表します。
A low, irregular, bubbling sound made by liquid moving through a narrow space or by the stomach, throat, pipes, or drains. It is the gerund form of gurgle and can refer to the sound or the action producing it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 gurgle の語末 e を落として -ing を付けた形で、ここでは音そのものを表す動名詞です。液体が狭い管や喉を通って泡立つような低い音を思い浮かべます。the gurgling of pipes、gurgling from the sink、stomach gurgling のように、水道管・流し・腹の音と結び付けて覚えます。
Gurgling is formed from gurgle by dropping the final silent e and adding -ing. Here it functions as a noun for a low, bubbling sound. Imagine water and air moving together through a narrow pipe, or fluid and gas shifting in the stomach. Useful combinations include the gurgling of old pipes, gurgling from the sink, and gurgling in my stomach. The sound is usually liquid and uneven. Growling may describe a deeper stomach noise, while gargling is the deliberate action of moving liquid in the throat.
例文
The gurgling from the sink stopped after a minute.
流しからのゴボゴボという音は、一分ほどで止まりました。
I heard gurgling in my stomach before lunch.
昼食前にお腹がゴロゴロ鳴るのが聞こえました。
The quiet room was filled with the gurgling of the old pipes.
静かな部屋には、古い配管のゴボゴボという音が響いていました。
gurgling の類義語・関連語
gurgling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語gurglen、ラテン語gurgulio（喉）に由来し、水が喉を通るような音を表す擬音的な語。語根gurg-は「喉・渦」を意味する。関連語：gurgle（ゴボゴボ鳴る）、gargle（うがいする）。喉から出る音という原義が、液体の泡立つ音全般に広がった。
Gurgling is the -ing form of gurgle, with the final silent e removed. Gurgle came into English through Middle English and is related to words associated with the throat, including Latin gurgulio. Its form is also strongly imitative of a bubbling sound. The meaning extended naturally from sounds made in the throat to similar noises produced by moving liquid in streams, drains, stomachs, and pipes.
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