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解説 Definition
lugging は lug（重い物を苦労して運ぶ、引きずる）の現在分詞・動名詞です。「重い物を引きずるように運ぶこと」という意味で、負担の大きい持ち運びを表します。
Lugging is the present participle or gerund of lug. It refers to carrying, pulling, or moving something heavy or awkward with considerable effort, often over some distance or through a difficult place.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 lug に -ing を付ける際、短母音＋子音字で終わる一音節語なので g を重ねて lugging とします。意味は単なる carry よりも、重く扱いにくい物を苦労して運ぶ感じです。lugging a heavy suitcase「重いスーツケースをえっちら運ぶ」、lugging boxes「箱を苦労して運ぶ」のように、重さと負担が伝わる場面で覚えましょう。
Begin with lug, a short verb for moving something heavy or awkward with effort. Because it is a one-syllable word ending in a single vowel followed by a single consonant, double the g before -ing: lug becomes lugging. Imagine someone struggling to carry a large suitcase upstairs or dragging equipment across a field. That effort distinguishes lugging from neutral carrying. The word often appears with heavy objects such as boxes, bags, suitcases, or equipment, so learning those combinations will make its physical, burdensome feeling easy to recall.
例文
He was lugging a heavy suitcase up the stairs.
彼は重いスーツケースを階段の上まで苦労して運んでいました。
Lugging boxes all morning made her tired.
午前中ずっと箱を運んでいたので、彼女は疲れました。
They avoided lugging equipment across the wet field.
彼らはぬれた野原を横切って機材を運ぶのを避けました。
lugging の類義語・関連語
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lugging の語源・成り立ち Etymology
lugging は lug「ぐいと引く・重い物を運ぶ」に -ing が付いた形です。lug は語源未詳ですが、北欧語系の「引っぱる」語群と結びつけられ、「重い物を無理にずるずる動かす」感じが今の意味に残ります。関連語は lug, luggage。
Lugging is formed from lug by doubling the final g and adding -ing. The deeper origin of lug is uncertain. It has long been used in English and Scots for pulling, dragging, or carrying something with effort, and it may be related to words in northern European languages expressing pulling or moving heavily. Modern usage preserves this forceful sense. Luggage belongs to the same English word family and originally referred to things being lugged.
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