mowing
草刈り
解説 Definition
mowing は、芝生や草を刈ることを指す名詞です。特に lawn mowing のように、庭や公園の芝を機械などで短く刈る作業を表します。
The activity or process of cutting grass or other plants, especially on a lawn, field, or public green space. It is usually performed with a lawn mower or another cutting tool and may be required regularly during the growing season.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
動詞 mow「草や穀物を刈る」に -ing を付けた形で、語末の e はそのまま残して mowing と綴ります。名詞では「草刈り」、動詞では「刈っていること」を表します。mow the lawn「芝を刈る」、regular mowing「定期的な草刈り」をひとまとまりで覚え、mower「芝刈り機」にもつなげましょう。
Start with the base verb mow, meaning to cut grass or crops, and add -ing without dropping the final w: mow becomes mowing. As a noun, it names the activity itself, as in regular mowing or lawn mowing; as a verb form, it appears in expressions such as mowing the lawn. Picture the repeated summer task of pushing a mower across a yard. Linking mow, mowing, mower, and mown creates a useful family: the action, the activity or ongoing action, the machine or person, and a past participle.
例文
Mowing the lawn took most of the morning.
芝生の草刈りに午前中の大半がかかった。
The park needs regular mowing in summer.
その公園は夏に定期的な草刈りが必要だ。
He earns extra money by mowing neighbors' yards.
彼は近所の庭の草刈りをして余分なお金を稼いでいる。
mowing の類義語・関連語
mowing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
mowing は mow「刈る」に動名詞語尾 -ing が付いた語です。mow は古英語 māwan 由来で、草や穀物を刈る動作そのものを表しました。mower や mown も同語根で、「刈ること」から草刈りの意味になったと分かります。
Mowing is formed from the verb mow and the suffix -ing, which creates a gerund, a verbal noun, or a present participle. Mow comes from Old English māwan, meaning to cut down grass or grain, and has cognates in other Germanic languages. The modern noun mowing therefore names the act or process of cutting vegetation, while mower names the person or machine that performs it.
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