guzzling
ゴクゴク
解説 Definition
guzzling は guzzle（飲み物をがぶがぶ飲む、燃料などを大量に消費する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。名詞としては、飲み物などを勢いよく大量に飲むことを表します。
Guzzling is the act of drinking something rapidly, greedily, or in large quantities. As a noun, it often refers disapprovingly to excessive consumption of beverages, though the related verb can also describe heavy fuel use.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
guzzlingはguzzle「がぶがぶ飲む」に-ingを付ける際、語末のeを落とした動名詞・現在分詞です。発音はguzzleの/zəl/がguzzlingでは/zlɪŋ/につながります。guzzling sugary drinksのように、短時間に大量を勢いよく飲む場面で覚え、普通に少しずつ飲むdrinkingと区別しましょう。
Guzzling comes from guzzle plus -ing: the final silent e is dropped before the suffix, giving guzzling. In pronunciation, the final syllable of guzzle is compressed as it joins -ing. Picture someone guzzling cold water after practice or repeatedly guzzling sugary drinks. The word suggests speed, quantity, and often poor restraint, unlike the neutral word drinking. Although the verb can also describe a machine consuming large amounts of fuel, the noun in these examples concerns forceful or excessive drinking. Always connect the form back to the base verb guzzle.
例文
His guzzling of cold water worried the coach after practice.
練習後に彼が冷たい水をがぶ飲みするので、コーチは心配しました。
The doctor said that constant guzzling of sugary drinks was unhealthy.
医師は、甘い飲み物をいつもがぶがぶ飲むのは健康によくないと言いました。
We heard loud guzzling from the kitchen during the break.
休憩中、台所からゴクゴクと飲む大きな音が聞こえました。
guzzling の類義語・関連語
guzzling の語源・成り立ち Etymology
語源は不確定だが、古フランス語gosier（喉）またはgosillier（喉を鳴らして飲む）に関連するとされる。16世紀頃から「がぶ飲みする」意味で英語に定着した。-lingは動名詞接尾辞。関連語：guzzler（大食い・大酒飲み）、gas-guzzler（燃費の悪い車）。擬音的な響きが貪欲に飲む様子を表す。
Guzzling is formed regularly from guzzle by dropping final e and adding -ing; it is not built with a separate suffix -ling. Guzzle has been used in English since the sixteenth century for drinking greedily or excessively. Its deeper origin is uncertain, though it has been compared with French words connected with the throat. The modern form can function as a gerund naming the activity or as a present participle.
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