hamming
大げさに演じること
解説 Definition
hamming は、俳優などが感情や動作を必要以上に大げさに演じることを表す名詞です。まじめな演技にもコメディにも使えますが、やや批判的または軽いからかいの響きを持つことがあります。
Hamming is the act of performing in an exaggerated, overly theatrical way, especially by using excessive gestures, expressions, or emotion. The noun often carries mild criticism or playful amusement, though deliberate hamming can suit comedy.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hamming は動詞 ham「大げさに演じる」に -ing を付けた形で、この項目では「大げさな演技」という名詞です。短母音の後なので m を重ねて ham＋m＋ing となります。stop the hamming、a little hamming の形で覚え、自然な演技より表情や動作を誇張する場面を想像しましょう。hammy は「芝居がかった」という形容詞です。
Hamming is formed from the verb ham plus -ing. Because ham ends in a short stressed vowel followed by one consonant, the final m is doubled: ham becomes hamming. Here the -ing form functions as a noun meaning exaggerated acting. Picture a performer using expressions, gestures, and emotion far beyond what the scene needs. Useful patterns include stop the hamming and a little hamming. The tone is often mildly critical or teasing, although deliberate exaggeration may work in comedy. Connect it with hammy, the adjective for an overly theatrical performance, and do not confuse it with humming.
例文
His hamming made the whole audience laugh.
彼の大げさな演技で観客全員が笑いました。
The director told the actor to stop the hamming and speak naturally.
監督はその俳優に、大げさな演技をやめて自然に話すよう言いました。
A little hamming can work well in a comedy scene.
コメディーの場面では、少し大げさに演じることがうまく働く場合があります。
hamming の類義語・関連語
hamming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
hamming は ham「大げさな役者・大げさに演じる」+ -ing で、ham は米語の芝居俗語で、おそらく hamfatter「二流役者」の短縮です。語源には不確定説もありますが、『ハムっぽく芝居がかること』から大げさな演技の意味になり、関連語は ham, hammy です。
Hamming is the -ing form of ham in its theatrical sense, “to perform with excessive exaggeration.” The spelling doubles the final m before -ing. The theatrical noun ham arose in American stage slang and is often connected with hamfatter, a term for an unskilled or second-rate performer, though details of the slang’s earliest development remain uncertain. From the same modern sense come hammy and the expression ham it up.
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