jarring
不快な
解説 Definition
jarring は、音・光景・経験などが急に強く不快感や違和感を与える様子を表す形容詞です。周囲と調和せず、見る人や聞く人を落ち着かなくさせる場合にも使われます。
Jarring describes something that is suddenly unpleasant, disturbing, or sharply out of harmony with its surroundings. It can refer to a harsh sound, a striking visual contrast, an inappropriate remark, or an experience that causes discomfort or surprise.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
jarring は jar「耳障りな音を立てる・強い不快感を与える」に -ing を付けた形で、短母音の後の r を重ねて jarring と綴ります。a jarring sound、jarring colors、a jarring comment のように、周囲の調和を急に壊して神経にぶつかる音・色・発言をまとめて覚えましょう。
Begin with the verb jar, which can mean to produce a harsh sound or to disturb someone. When -ing is added, the final r is doubled: jar becomes jarring. Imagine a loud alarm breaking the silence, a bright red wall clashing with soft gray furniture, or a rude comment interrupting a formal meeting. Each example creates a sudden mental or sensory shock. That shared feeling helps connect jarring sound, jarring contrast, and jarring remark. The word is stronger than merely unusual because it suggests discomfort, disturbance, or lack of harmony.
例文
The sudden alarm made a jarring sound in the quiet office.
突然の警報は静かなオフィスに不快な音を響かせた。
The bright red wall looked jarring beside the soft gray furniture.
明るい赤の壁は、柔らかな灰色の家具のそばでは不自然で不快に見えた。
His rude comment was jarring in such a formal meeting.
彼の失礼な発言は、そのような正式な会議ではひどく不快だった。
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jarring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
jarring は動詞 jar の現在分詞形で、jar は16世紀英語の「きしるような耳ざわりな音を出す」という語から来ています。jar は擬音語的な語源と考えられ、もとの不協和音の感触が、人の神経に「不快にぶつかる」という今の意味へ広がりました。関連語は jar、jarringly。
Jarring is the participial adjective formed from the verb jar and the suffix -ing. Jar appeared in English in the sixteenth century with senses involving harsh, discordant, or grating sound and is generally regarded as imitative in origin. The physical impression of sounds clashing extended naturally to colors, behavior, remarks, and experiences that clash with their setting or disturb a person’s expectations.
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