イニング
解説 Definition
inning は野球やクリケットなどの試合で、攻撃や守備の一区切りを表す名詞です。原形そのものが inning で、日本語の「イニング」とほぼ同じ意味で使われます。
An inning is a division of a baseball or similar game during which a team has its turn to bat. In cricket, an innings is the period during which a player or team bats.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
inning は見た目が in＋-ing でも、現在分詞ではなく、それ自体が「一回・イニング」を表す名詞です。野球では in the first inning「1回に」、the final inning「最終回」のように使います。複数なら規則どおり -s を付けて innings とし、語末は /z/ で発音します。
Although inning ends in -ing, do not treat it as the progressive form of a verb; inning is the base form of a noun. Picture one clearly marked section of a baseball game and learn it in phrases such as the first inning, the final inning, and in the third inning. Its regular plural is innings, with an added -s pronounced /z/. In baseball, an inning normally includes each team’s turn at bat, while cricket generally uses the form innings for a batting period.
例文
The team scored two runs in the first inning.
そのチームは1回に2点を取りました。
He pitched well in the final inning.
彼は最終回にうまく投げました。
The game changed during the third inning.
試合は3回の間に流れが変わりました。
inning の類義語・関連語
inning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
inning は in「中へ・内側で」に名詞化の -ing が付いた語で、in は古英語 in に由来します。もともと「中に入っている側の番」という感覚から、野球で一方の攻守の一区切り、つまり「イニング」を表すようになりました。関連語は inner、inn です。
Inning developed from in combined with the noun-forming ending -ing. Earlier forms referred broadly to taking in, bringing in, or being on the inside. In cricket, the side that was “in” was the side batting, so the word came to denote its turn at play. Baseball later adopted inning for a division in which both teams receive a turn to bat.
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