mornings
朝
解説 Definition
mornings は morning（朝、午前）の複数形です。複数の朝を指すほか、mornings だけで「朝に、午前中にいつも」という習慣的な意味で使われることもあります。
Mornings is the plural form of morning and refers to more than one early part of the day. In informal time expressions, it can also mean regularly or habitually during the morning, as in “She works mornings.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
morning「朝」に複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、語尾は有声音の後なので通常 /z/ と発音する。cold mornings なら「寒い朝々」、I work mornings なら複数の朝から「いつも朝に」という習慣を表す。every morning は単数、on Monday mornings は反復する複数の朝、と対比して覚えよう。
Start with the base noun morning and add the regular plural ending -s. Because morning ends in a voiced sound, the ending is normally pronounced /z/: mornings. The literal plural appears in phrases such as cold mornings or my mornings, referring to several separate mornings. English also uses the plural alone as an informal adverbial time expression: I work mornings means “I regularly work in the morning.” Contrast every morning, which keeps morning singular after every, with on Monday mornings, which describes a repeated weekly habit.
例文
My mornings are usually quiet.
私の朝はたいてい静かです。
She works at the cafe mornings.
彼女は朝にそのカフェで働いています。
Cold mornings make it hard to leave the house.
寒い朝は家を出るのがつらくなります。
mornings の類義語・関連語
mornings の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mornings は morning の複数形で、語幹 morn- は古英語 morgen「朝」にさかのぼります。語末の -ing は時や状態を表し、-s で「いくつもの朝」に。関連語に morn, morrow があり、「夜明けに向かう時」という感覚が残っています。
Mornings is formed regularly from morning plus the plural ending -s. Morning descends from Middle English morwenynge or morning and is related to Old English morgen, “morning.” The older base also survives poetically in morn and is historically related to morrow. In modern English, the plural first denotes multiple early-day periods and has additionally developed an informal time-expression use meaning “habitually in the mornings.”
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