landscaping
造園
解説 Definition
landscaping は landscape（造園する、景観を整える）の動名詞で、「造園」という意味の名詞としてよく使われます。庭、公園、建物の周りの植物や地形を整える作業全般を指します。
Landscaping is the work of designing, arranging, or improving the visible features of an outdoor area. It may involve planting, shaping the ground, and adding paths or other features around homes, offices, parks, or gardens.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
landscaping は動詞 landscape「土地や景観を整える」の語末の e を落として -ing を付けた形で、ここでは作業全体を表す名詞「造園」です。庭や建物の周囲で、植物、通路、地形などを計画的に整える場面を描き、improve the landscaping、landscaping around the office とまとめて覚えます。
Landscaping comes from the verb landscape: the final silent e is dropped before -ing. Think of shaping the land so that it becomes an attractive and useful scene. The work can include choosing plants, changing the ground, laying paths, and arranging features around a building. Learn it in practical combinations such as improve the landscaping, hire a landscaping company, and landscaping around the office. Landscape can mean a view or type of scenery, but landscaping usually names the deliberate work of designing and maintaining an outdoor area.
例文
The hotel improved its landscaping this spring.
そのホテルはこの春、造園を改善しました。
Good landscaping can make a small yard feel larger.
よい造園は小さな庭をより広く感じさせます。
They hired a company to handle the landscaping around the office.
彼らはオフィス周辺の造園を任せるために会社を雇いました。
landscaping の類義語・関連語
landscaping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
オランダ語 landschap（土地の状態・風景画）が英語に入り landscape となり、そこから動詞化して landscaping に。land（土地）+ -schap（英語の -ship に相当する接尾辞）が語源。関連語: landscape（風景）、seascape（海景）。風景を「つくる」という発想が造園の意味に発展した。
Landscaping is formed from the verb landscape plus -ing, with the final silent e removed. Landscape entered English from Dutch landschap, originally referring to a region or tract of land and later to its representation in art. Dutch land means “land,” while -schap corresponds historically to English -ship. The English noun later became a verb meaning to shape or improve visible outdoor land, which produced the activity noun landscaping.
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