hatching
孵化
解説 Definition
hatching は hatch（孵化する、卵からかえる）の動名詞・現在分詞で、「孵化」という意味です。卵から生き物が出てくる過程や、その時期を述べるときに使います。
Hatching is the process in which a young animal emerges from an egg, or the period during which eggs open and the young come out. It is the gerund or verbal noun formed from the verb hatch.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hatch「卵からかえる・卵をかえす」に -ing を付けた hatching は、ここでは名詞「孵化・孵化する過程」です。語末が tch なので子音を重ねず、そのまま -ing を付け、発音は /ˈhætʃɪŋ/。the hatching of the eggs や during hatching の形で、殻を破ってひなが出る一連の過程を思い浮かべます。
Start with the verb hatch, meaning “to come out of an egg” or “to cause an egg to produce young,” and add -ing without doubling any letter: hatch becomes hatching. Its pronunciation is /ˈhætʃɪŋ/. Picture a chick breaking through its shell, because hatching names the whole process rather than only the final moment. Useful patterns include “the hatching of the eggs,” “during hatching,” and “hatching begins.” Keep it connected with hatchling, the young animal that has recently emerged, and hatchery, a place where eggs are hatched.
例文
The hatching of the eggs began early in the morning.
卵の孵化は朝早く始まりました。
We watched the hatching of a small chick.
私たちは小さなひよこが孵化する様子を見ました。
Warm, steady temperatures are important during hatching.
孵化の間は、安定した暖かい温度が大切です。
hatching の類義語・関連語
hatching の語源・成り立ち Etymology
hatching は hatch「卵をかえす・卵から出る」に -ing が付いた名詞です。hatch は中英語に現れ、未記録の古英語 *hæccan 由来とされ、ドイツ語 hecken とも近縁で、「殻を破って出ること」がそのまま語義になっています。関連語は hatchery, hatchling。
Hatching is formed regularly from hatch plus the suffix -ing. Hatch in the sense of emerging from or producing young from an egg appeared in Middle English and is commonly traced to an unrecorded Old English form related to German hecken. The exact earliest development is reconstructed rather than directly documented. In modern usage, the -ing form can function as a participle, but here it is a noun naming the emergence process.
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