leaking
漏れている
解説 Definition
leaking は leak(漏れる、漏らす)の現在分詞・動名詞です。水、ガス、情報などが本来出てはいけない所から漏れている状態を表します。
Leaking is the continuing action or condition of liquid, gas, or information escaping through an unintended opening or being disclosed without authorization. It is the present participle and gerund form of leak.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
leaking は原形 leak「漏れる・漏らす」に -ing をそのまま付けた形で、e の脱落や子音の重複はありません。発音は /ˈliːkɪŋ/。water is leaking from the pipe のように、液体・ガスが隙間から出続ける場面で使い、情報なら秘密が外部に流出する意味にも広がります。
Begin with leak, pronounced /liːk/, and add -ing directly: leaking, /ˈliːkɪŋ/. There is no silent e to remove and no final consonant to double. Picture water escaping from a pipe, rain entering through a roof, or gas coming out of an old tank. These examples share one core idea: something passes through a boundary where it should have remained contained. The same image extends to confidential information that reaches outsiders. Remember the common structure be leaking from: Water is leaking from the pipe.
例文
Water is leaking from the pipe.
パイプから水が漏れています。
The roof is leaking after the heavy rain.
大雨の後で屋根から雨漏りしています。
Gas was leaking from the old tank.
古いタンクからガスが漏れていました。
leaking の類義語・関連語
leaking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 leccan(湿らせる)または古ノルド語 leka(滴る)が起源。液体が容器の隙間から少しずつ染み出す様子を表す。関連語: leak(漏れ)、leach(浸出する)。水が制御を離れて外へ出るイメージが核にある。
Leak is an old Germanic word whose precise route into English is not fully certain. It has been connected with Old English leccan, “to wet or moisten,” and with Old Norse leka, “to drip or leak.” Its central image is liquid passing through a crack or other unintended opening. English later extended this physical sense to escaping gas and unauthorized information. Leaking is formed regularly by adding -ing to leak without changing its spelling.
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