唇をすぼめる
解説 Definition
唇をすぼめる、または圧縮する動作。通常は不同意を示したり、口笛を吹いたりする際の表情。
Pursing means making your lips small and tight by pressing them together or pushing them forward. It is often used to describe a facial expression that shows thought, disapproval, or concentration.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
pursing は動詞 purse の -ing 形で、唇をきゅっと寄せて「すぼめている」動作です。purse one's lips の形が典型で、不満を表す表情や、口笛を吹く前の口の形に使います。財布を意味する名詞 purse ではなく、lips と一緒なら唇の動作だと判断しましょう。
Connect it to the noun `purse`, a small bag that closes tightly at the top. `Pursing` is like making your lips close into that same tight shape. The phrase `pursed lips` is the best memory hook. Be careful not to mix it up with `pursuing`, which looks similar but is a different word.
例文
She was pursing her lips in obvious disapproval.
彼女は明らかに不満そうに唇をすぼめていました。
He began pursing his lips to blow a whistle.
彼は笛を吹くために唇をすぼめ始めました。
The elderly woman was pursing her lips as she concentrated intensely.
その年配の女性は、深く集中しながら唇をすぼめていました。
pursing の類義語・関連語
対義語
pursing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
pursing は purse の動詞用法の現在分詞で、purse は古英語 pursa、さらに中世ラテン語 bursa、ギリシャ語 byrsa「革・皮袋」にさかのぼります。袋の口をひもでぎゅっと絞る形になぞらえて、唇をすぼめる意味が生まれました。関連語は purse, bursary。
Pursing is the present participle of purse used as a verb. Purse goes back through Old English and Medieval Latin to Greek byrsa, meaning "hide" or "leather bag." The verb sense came from the way a bag is drawn tight at the top, which later gave the image of lips being drawn together in the same shape.
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