outpouring
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解説 Definition
outpouring は outpour（どっと流れ出る）に由来する名詞で、感情や支援などが一気にあふれ出ることを表します。水などが物理的に流れ出る場合にも使えますが、人々の気持ちが一斉に表れる場面でよく使われます。
An outpouring is a sudden, abundant expression or flow of something, especially emotion, sympathy, gratitude, or public support. It usually appears in the pattern an outpouring of something and suggests that a large amount emerges openly in a short time.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
outpouring は out「外へ」＋pour「注ぐ」＋名詞を作る -ing で、「中にあったものが外へどっと流れ出ること」です。an outpouring of support、thanks、emotion の形が典型で、支援・感謝・感情が多数の人から一気に示される場面を、水があふれ出す映像と重ねて覚えます。
See the structure out + pouring: something that was contained is now pouring outward in a large, visible flow. Although literal liquid can pour out, the noun is especially common for collective feelings and responses. Learn it with the pattern an outpouring of support, sympathy, gratitude, thanks, or emotion. Imagine many messages and offers of help arriving immediately after an announcement. The water image explains both the quantity and the lack of restraint: the response does not appear slowly or in isolated drops; it comes abundantly and openly.
例文
There was an outpouring of support after the announcement.
その発表の後、支援の声が一気に広がりました。
The team was moved by the outpouring of thanks.
チームはあふれる感謝の声に感動しました。
An outpouring of emotion filled the room after the speech.
スピーチの後、部屋はあふれる感情に包まれました。
outpouring の類義語・関連語
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outpouring の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語のout（外へ）・中英語pour（流す、古フランス語pourer由来）・接尾辞-ing（状態）から成り、「外へ流れ出すもの」を原義とします。液体が勢いよくあふれる様子から、「抑えきれない感情や言葉の表出」を指すようになりました。関連語にpour、outpourがあります。
Outpouring is built from out, pour, and the noun-forming suffix -ing. Pour entered English in the Middle English period, probably through Old French, though its deeper origin is uncertain. The combination literally denotes a pouring outward or a quantity that pours out. From the physical image of freely flowing liquid, the noun developed its common figurative use for a sudden, abundant expression of feelings, words, sympathy, or support.
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