労働
解説 Definition
labouring は labour（働く、労働する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。英国式つづりで、肉体的または継続的に働くことを表し、名詞的に「労働」として使われることがあります。
Labouring is the activity of working, especially continuously or with considerable physical effort. It is the British spelling of the -ing form of labour and can function as a verbal noun when describing work in places such as fields, factories, or docks.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
英国式の原形 labour に -ing を付けた動名詞・現在分詞で、語尾は /ɪŋ/。語末の綴りを保って labouring とし、米国式は laboring。labouring in the fields、at the docks のように、長時間の肉体労働や骨の折れる継続作業を思い浮かべると、単なる一時的な work との差がつかみやすい。
Labouring is the British -ing form of labour: keep the British spelling with u and add -ing, pronounced /ɪŋ/. The American form is laboring. Remember it through settings that demand sustained effort—labouring in the fields, labouring in factories, or labouring at the docks. These combinations often suggest physical, difficult, or prolonged work rather than a brief everyday task. As a gerund, labouring names the activity itself, as in “Labouring in the heat was hard.” Linking the spelling contrast labour/labor with the image of steady exertion helps preserve both its form and its meaning.
例文
Labouring in the fields was hard during the summer heat.
夏の暑さの中で畑で働くのは大変でした。
The book describes labouring in factories during the early industrial period.
その本は、初期の工業時代に工場で働くことを描いています。
After years of labouring at the docks, he understood the value of steady work.
何年も港で働いた後、彼は地道な労働の価値を理解しました。
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labouring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 labor（苦労・骨折り）→古フランス語 labour →中英語 labour に動名詞語尾 -ing が付いた形。英国式綴りで米語では laboring。同根語に laboratory（働く場所→実験室）、collaborate（共に働く）がある。
Labouring is formed from labour and the suffix -ing. Labour entered Middle English through Old French labour and ultimately comes from Latin labor, meaning “toil, exertion, or hardship.” The spelling with ou became standard in British English, while American English generally uses labor and laboring. The historical sense of difficult effort remains visible when labouring describes sustained physical work. Collaborate is a related Latin formation built around the idea of working together.
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