jogger
ジョガー
解説 Definition
jogger はジョギングをする人、ジョガーという意味です。日本語では「ジョガーパンツ」のように衣類を連想することもありますが、英語の jogger は基本的に人を指します。
A jogger is a person who runs at a slow, steady pace for exercise, recreation, or fitness. In ordinary English, the singular noun primarily refers to the person rather than to a style of trousers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
jogger は jog「ゆっくり走る」＋人を表す -er で、「ジョギングする人」。a jogger、regular jogger のように数えられる名詞として使う。日本語ではジョガーパンツを連想しやすいが、英語で公園を走る人なら jogger、運動そのものなら jogging、動作なら jog と切り分ける。
Break jogger into jog plus -er. Jog means to run at a gentle, steady pace, and -er identifies the person who does the action, just as runner comes from run. Picture a jogger passing a park gate at sunrise or stopping to tie a shoe. Use a jogger for one person and joggers for several. Keep the related forms separate: jog is the verb, jogging is the activity, and jogger is the person. Japanese clothing terms may encourage an association with trousers, but the basic English meaning here is a person exercising by jogging.
例文
A jogger passed the park gate at sunrise.
日の出のころ、ジョガーが公園の門を通り過ぎました。
The jogger stopped to tie his shoe.
そのジョガーは靴ひもを結ぶために立ち止まりました。
She became a regular jogger after moving near the river.
川の近くに引っ越してから、彼女は定期的に走るジョガーになりました。
jogger の類義語・関連語
jogger の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 jog（ゆっくり走る）+ -er（動作主接尾辞）。jogの語源は16世紀の中英語 shoggen（揺する）に関連するとされ、体を揺らしながら走る様子を表す。1960年代のジョギングブームで広まった語。関連語: jog（軽く走る）、jogging（ジョギング）。
Jogger is formed transparently from jog and the agent suffix -er, meaning a person who jogs. Jog is recorded from the early modern English period and is associated with an older sense of shaking, nudging, or moving with a jolting motion; its deeper origin is uncertain. The exercise-related noun became especially familiar as recreational jogging gained broad popularity during the twentieth century.
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