peering
じっと見ること
解説 Definition
peering は peer（じっと見る、目をこらして見る）の現在分詞・動名詞です。暗い場所や遠くのものなどをよく見ようとして、注意深く見つめる動作を表します。
The present participle or gerund of peer, meaning to look closely and carefully at something that is difficult to see, often because it is small, distant, dark, or partly hidden.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 peer「目をこらして見る」に、つづりを変えず -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。peer /pɪr/ に /ɪŋ/ が加わり、peering /ˈpɪr.ɪŋ/ と二音節になります。peer through a window「窓越しに目をこらす」、peer into the dark「暗がりをのぞき込む」のように、見えにくい対象を判別しようとする場面で覚えます。
Peering is peer plus -ing, with no spelling change. Peer is one syllable, /pɪr/ in American English, while peering is normally two, /ˈpɪr.ɪŋ/. Imagine pressing close to a window and trying to make out something in a dark room. Common patterns are peer through a window, peer into the darkness, and peer at small print. Peering suggests effort caused by poor visibility; staring emphasizes a long, fixed look and does not necessarily mean that the object is hard to see.
例文
She was peering through the window.
彼女は窓越しにじっと見ていました。
The child stood peering into the dark room.
その子どもは暗い部屋の中を目をこらして見ていました。
Peering at the small letters, he slowly read the old note.
小さな文字をじっと見ながら、彼は古いメモをゆっくり読みました。
peering の類義語・関連語
peering の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語perenに由来し、ラテン語parere「姿を現す」が語源とされる。対象をくっきり浮かび上がらせるイメージから、目を凝らして細部を確認する「じっと見る」意味へ派生した。同語根のappear（現れる）やapparent（明白な）と比較すると、視認性への繋がりがよく納得できる。
Peering is the -ing form of the verb peer. The verb entered English in the Middle English period as peren, meaning “to appear” or “come into view,” and later developed the sense of looking narrowly or closely. It has traditionally been connected with Old French equivalents and Latin parere, “to appear.” In present-day formation, the spelling is straightforward: peer takes the suffix -ing without losing or doubling a letter.
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