plucking
摘み取る
解説 Definition
plucking は pluck（摘み取る、引き抜く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。花・果物・羽・弦などを指でつまんで取る、または弾く動作を表します。ここでは特に「摘み取る」という意味で使われます。
Plucking is the -ing form of pluck. In this sense, it means taking flowers, fruit, leaves, feathers, or similar objects from where they grow or are attached by grasping and pulling them with the fingers.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pluck「指でつまんで引き取る」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音は1音節の pluck /plʌk/ から2音節の /ˈplʌkɪŋ/ になります。pluck berries、flowers、tea leavesのように、対象を指でつまみ、元の場所からすっと離す動作を核にします。弦を「はじく」用法とは同じ動作でも、ここでは摘み取る結果に注目します。
Connect plucking with the base verb pluck, whose central action is a short pull that removes something from where it is attached. Add -ing directly to pluck; no letter is dropped or doubled. The one-syllable /plʌk/ becomes the two-syllable /ˈplʌkɪŋ/. Picture a hand plucking ripe berries from a bush, flowers from a field, or tea leaves from a plant. The same finger movement can describe plucking a string, but in these examples the important result is that the object is picked off or removed.
例文
She is plucking ripe berries from the bush.
彼女は茂みから熟したベリーを摘み取っています。
The children enjoyed plucking flowers in the field.
子どもたちは野原で花を摘むのを楽しみました。
He spent the morning plucking tea leaves by hand.
彼は午前中、手で茶葉を摘み取って過ごしました。
plucking の類義語・関連語
plucking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
plucking は pluck「引き抜く・摘み取る」に進行・動名詞語尾 -ing が付いた形です。pluck は中英語を経て古いゲルマン系語にさかのぼり、「すばやく引っぱって取る」が核で、羽や花をつまみ取る動作から意味がよく見え、関連語に pluck, unplug があります.
Plucking is formed from pluck plus the participial and gerund suffix -ing. Pluck came through Middle English plukken from late Old English ploccian or pluccian, meaning “to pull off” or “to gather.” Related forms occur in other West Germanic languages. Its long-standing core is a quick pulling action that removes something from a surface or attachment, which directly explains the senses involving flowers, fruit, leaves, hair, and feathers.
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