plodding
とどろく
解説 Definition
plodding は plod（重い足取りで進む、こつこつ進める）の動名詞・現在分詞です。足音や動きが重く単調に続く様子を表し、日本語の「とどろく」に近い重い響きを伴う文脈でも使われます。
Plodding is the present participle or gerund form of plod. It describes moving forward slowly with heavy, steady steps, especially over a difficult surface, and can suggest the dull, repeated sound made by such footsteps.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 plod の最後の子音 d を重ねて -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞です。短母音の後の子音を重ねる規則で、発音は /ˈplɒdɪŋ/ または /ˈplɑːdɪŋ/。ぬかるみを一歩ずつ重く進み、足音が繰り返し響く場面を思い浮かべます。
Connect plodding to plod, meaning to walk slowly with heavy, steady steps. Because plod has a short stressed vowel followed by one final consonant, the d is doubled before -ing is added. Picture workers crossing a wooden bridge or horses continuing along a muddy road: every step is slow, weighty, and repetitive. Common phrases include “plodding along,” “plodding through mud,” and “plodding footsteps.” Unlike stomping, which can express anger or deliberate force, plodding mainly emphasizes slow, laborious progress.
例文
The workers were plodding across the wooden bridge, and each step echoed below.
作業員たちは木の橋を重い足取りで渡り、その一歩ごとに下へ響き渡りました。
We heard plodding footsteps in the empty hallway.
誰もいない廊下に、重く響く足音が聞こえました。
The horses kept plodding along the muddy road after the rain.
雨のあと、馬たちはぬかるんだ道を重い足音を立てて進み続けました。
plodding の類義語・関連語
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plodding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
plodding は plod の現在分詞で、語源は確定していないが、重い足音や泥の中を進む音をまねた語とみられる。中英語の plodde・pludde「水たまり」と結びつける説もあり、「のろのろ歩く」から「こつこつ骨折る」の意味が出た。関連語は plodder、plod。
Plodding is formed from plod by doubling the final d and adding -ing. The deeper origin of plod is uncertain. It has often been associated with the sound or sensation of heavy steps, and it may also be connected with older words relating to puddles or muddy ground. Its literal sense of walking slowly and heavily later produced a figurative sense of working steadily and laboriously.
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