murmuring
つぶやく
解説 Definition
murmuring は murmur（小声でつぶやく、低くざわめく）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人が聞き取りにくい声で話す場合や、水音などが低く続く様子にも使われます。
The present participle or gerund of murmur, referring to speaking continuously in a quiet, low, and often indistinct voice. It can also describe a soft, steady sound made by people, water, or similar sources.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
murmuring は murmur「小声でつぶやく・低くざわめく」に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。語末の r は重ねず、そのまま murmuring とします。be murmuring a prayer「祈りを小声で唱えている」や keep murmuring「小声で話し続ける」を、言葉が聞き取りにくい低い連続音の場面と結び付けましょう。
Murmuring is formed by adding -ing to murmur; the final r is not doubled. It can function in a continuous verb phrase, as in “She was murmuring a prayer,” or as a gerund referring to the activity. Associate it with words that are present but difficult to catch because the voice is low and indistinct. Useful patterns include keep murmuring, hear someone murmuring, and murmur something under one’s breath. The same sound image can describe a stream or a crowd producing a soft, continuous background noise.
例文
She was murmuring a short prayer before the meeting.
彼女は会議の前に短い祈りを小声でつぶやいていました。
The students kept murmuring while they waited for the test to begin.
生徒たちは試験が始まるのを待つ間、ずっと小声で話していました。
I heard him murmuring something, but I could not catch the words.
彼が何かをつぶやいているのは聞こえましたが、言葉までは聞き取れませんでした。
murmuring の類義語・関連語
murmuring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
murmuringはmurmurに-ingが付いた形で、古フランス語murmurerを経てラテン語murmur「低いうなり・ざわめき」にさかのぼる。語源自体が音まねなので、「もごもごつぶやく」感じがそのまま意味になった。関連語はmurmurとmurmurous。
Murmuring is the -ing form of murmur. Murmur entered English through Old French murmurer and ultimately comes from Latin murmur, a word for a low, indistinct sound. The Latin form is imitative: its repeated sounds suggest the quiet noise it names. English uses murmur for subdued human speech as well as soft continuous sounds, and murmuring carries either sense into progressive and gerund constructions.
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