mopping
モップ掛け
解説 Definition
mopping は mop(モップをかける)の動名詞で、モップ掛けという意味です。床を水拭きしたり、汚れをふき取ったりする作業を表します。
Mopping is the activity of cleaning a floor or another surface with a mop, usually by wiping it with water or a cleaning solution. The form can function as a gerund naming the activity or as the participle of the verb mop.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 mop「モップをかける」に -ing を付けた動名詞で、語末の p を重ねて mopping と綴る。mop は短母音+子音で終わるため、moping「ふさぎ込む」と区別して p が2つになる。mopping the floor、finish mopping、regular mopping の形で、ぬれたモップで床の汚れを拭き取る場面と結び付ける。
Mopping comes from the verb mop plus -ing. Since mop ends in a short stressed vowel followed by one consonant, the final p is doubled: mop becomes mopping. This spelling also separates it from moping, the -ing form of mope, meaning to remain unhappy or inactive. Picture someone dipping a mop into a bucket and wiping a kitchen or hallway floor. Learn useful patterns such as mopping the floor, finish mopping, and regular mopping. As a gerund, it names the cleaning activity; as a participle, it can describe what someone is doing.
例文
Mopping the kitchen took ten minutes.
台所のモップ掛けには10分かかりました。
The cleaner finished mopping the hallway.
清掃員は廊下のモップ掛けを終えました。
Regular mopping keeps the floor clean and safe.
定期的にモップ掛けをすると、床を清潔で安全に保てます。
mopping の類義語・関連語
mopping の語源・成り立ち Etymology
英語 mop はラテン語 mappa(布、ナプキン)に由来し、古フランス語 mappe を経て床を拭く道具を意味するようになった。-ing は動名詞接尾辞で「モップで拭く行為」を表す。関連語:map(地図、元は布に描いた図)、napkin(ナプキン、同根)。
Mopping is formed from mop and the suffix -ing, with the final p doubled according to the usual English spelling rule. Mop has been connected through earlier European forms with Latin mappa, meaning a cloth or napkin. The noun came to denote a cleaning tool fitted with absorbent material, and the corresponding verb means to wipe or clean with that tool.
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