maneuvering
操縦する
解説 Definition
maneuvering は maneuver（操縦する、巧みに動かす）の現在分詞・動名詞です。車や船、機械などを注意深く動かす場面で使われます。
Maneuvering is the present-participle or gerund form of maneuver and refers to guiding, positioning, or moving a vehicle, vessel, machine, or other object carefully and skillfully, especially where space is limited or precise control is needed.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
maneuvering は原形 maneuver に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、語末の e を取って maneuver + ing となります。発音は /məˈnuːvərɪŋ/ で、-ing は /ɪŋ/ です。maneuvering a boat、truck、machine のように、狭い場所で位置や向きを慎重に調整する場面と結びつけましょう。単なる moving より巧みな操作を含みます。
Begin with the base verb maneuver, meaning to move or position something with skill and care. To form maneuvering, drop the final silent e and add -ing; the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Picture a driver guiding a truck through a narrow street, a sailor bringing a boat into harbor, or an operator controlling a machine safely. These scenes emphasize careful changes of direction and position. That helps distinguish maneuvering from ordinary moving, which does not necessarily suggest difficulty, limited space, or precise control. Useful patterns include maneuvering a vehicle and maneuvering through a narrow space.
例文
She is maneuvering the small boat into the harbor.
彼女は小さな船を港へ操縦しています。
The driver was maneuvering the truck through a narrow street.
運転手は狭い通りでトラックを操縦していました。
Maneuvering the machine safely requires steady hands.
その機械を安全に操縦するには、安定した手さばきが必要です。
maneuvering の類義語・関連語
maneuvering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
maneuvering は maneuver + -ing で、maneuver はフランス語 manoeuvre を経て中世ラテン語 manuoperare「手で働く」に由来します。manu-「手」+ operari「働く」から、もとは手さばきのよさを表し、そこから「操縦する・巧みに動かす」へ広がりました。関連語は maneuver, manure です。
Maneuvering is formed from maneuver by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Maneuver comes from French manœuvre, ultimately connected with Medieval Latin manuoperari, “to work by hand,” built from manus, “hand,” and operari, “to work.” The history explains the word’s association with skilled handling. Its meaning developed from manual operation and tactical movement to the careful guidance or positioning of vehicles, vessels, machines, and people.
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